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Experience with sleepovers with 〜た+ことがある

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Cocoa thinks Rize is nervous about staying overnight with her and Chino.

リゼ:
「いや… 親父(おやじ)部下(ぶか)(さそ)われたワイルドなキャンプしか経験(けいけん)(こと)ないから…」
“Well... I've only had the experience of those wild camping trips my dad's subordinates invited me on...”
ココア:
「ワイルド?」
“Wild?”

Key Points

  1. 〜た(こと)がある = have had the experience of…

    • The highlighted pattern expresses past experience at least once.

    • Here Rize is saying the only kind of overnight experience she has had is camping.

  2. Casual negative: した(こと)ない

    • The full form is した(こと)がない, with omitted in casual speech.

    • So しか した(こと)ない means “I’ve done nothing except that”.

  3. しか〜ない = nothing but

    • キャンプしか…した(こと)ない」 means camping is the only kind of stay-over experience she knows.

    • That is why she sounds uncertain about an ordinary sleepover.

  4. The long noun phrase modifies the camping trips

    • 親父(おやじ)部下(ぶか)(さそ)われた ワイルドなキャンプ」 means “wild camping trips I was invited on by my dad’s subordinates”.

    • That whole chunk is what 経験(けいけん)した and した(こと)がある refer to.

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