こなかった

didn't come; didn't ... (come), didn't come, did not come

→ 来る
こ come; arrive + なかっ Past negative + た Past tense
auxiliary · informal, past tense Uncommon #18,361
didn't come; didn't ... (come) As an auxiliary, it follows a verb's て-form and indicates that the action did not happen on the way here or toward the speaker.
JA: 今日は傘を持ってこなかった。
EN: I didn't bring an umbrella today.
Conjugation of 来る

誰も僕には質問してこなかったよ。

No one asked me any questions.

なぜ奥さんをパーティーに連れてこなかったの?

Why didn’t you bring your wife to the party?

彼女は音楽会が終わるまでにはやってこなかった。

She didn't arrive until the concert was over.

彼は日本を去り二度と帰ってこなかった。

He left Japan and never came back.

その辺に何か落ちてこなかった?

Didn't something fall over there?

今回は電話かけてこなかったね

You didn't call this time, huh?

— When Marnie Was There (2014)

その機械は、彼が適切に管理してこなかったので壊れた。

The machine broke down because he hadn’t maintained it properly.

今朝はご飯を食べてこなかったんだ。

I didn't eat breakfast this morning.

その年は、春がなかなかやってこなかった。

That year, spring was slow to arrive.

verb · informal, past tense Rare #35,769
didn't come, did not come Often written 来なかった.
JA: 昨日、友達がこなかった。
EN: My friend didn't come yesterday.
Conjugation of 来る

どうして彼女がこなかったのかわからない。

I don't know why she didn't come.

彼女は助けを求めたが誰もこなかった。

She called for help, but no one came.

君は昨日学校にこなかった。

You didn't come to school yesterday.

返事がこなかったので、メイはビルに再び手紙を書いた。

Since she hadn't received a reply, May wrote to Bill again.

彼の手紙がこなかったので彼女はがっかりした。

She was disappointed because his letter didn’t arrive.