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Some examples of what I'm trying to convey:

>   * I have never heard that song before.
>
>   * I have never heard of Miyazawa Kenji
>
>   * I have never heard of that before?
>
>   * I've never heard of that store?
>
>

What verb should be used? Is there a common form I can adopt? Is there an
equivalent phrase in Japanese?
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Is there a form for "I have never heard of"?
It can be translated as 聞いたことがない

> 聞いたことのない歌です。  
>  宮崎賢治のことを聞いたことがありません。
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For "I have never___" you take the verb, put it in the past tense, then add
`ことがない` or `ことがありません`.

The direct translation is something like "I don't have X experience" or "I've
never done X thing"

So, for 聞く, we go:

```

    聞く　--> 聞いた --> 聞いたこと --> 聞いたことがありません
    
```

or to answer your initial question:

```

    その歌{うた}を聞いたことがありません。
    
```

* * *

For "I've never heard of that store" you can't really use this expression,
you'd have to say something more like:

```

    その店ぜんぜん知らない。
    
```

"I don't know anything about that store"
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