N31496/1669

真ま逆さか

atejirarely used kanji formusually written using kana aloneinterjectionadverbnounnoun (generic)noun taking the genitive case particle のadjective (generic)archaicな adjective

Meanings

  • by no means, never!, well, I never!, you don't say!, no way!
  • certainly (not), surely (not), hardly (expected)
  • something unexpected, emergency
  • indeed, really, truly, unexpectedly
  • (the) present, (the) here and now, situation at hand
  • the exact opposite

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Example sentences

まさか、彼かれが試験しけんに落おちるとは思おもわなかった。

I never would have thought he'd fail the exam.

まさかこんなところで君きみに会あうとは！

I can't believe I'd run into you in a place like this!

まさか本当ほんとうに雪ゆきが降ふるとは思おもっていなかった。

I honestly didn't expect it to actually snow.

まさかあの優やさしい人ひとが嘘うそをついているとは信しんじられない。

I can't believe that such a kind person would be lying.

まさかの事態じたいに備そなえて、常つねに非常用ひじょうようの食料しょくりょうを用意よういしておくべきだ。

You should always have emergency food prepared in case of an unexpected situation.

Related words

床ゆか

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

実み

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

節ふし

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

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床ゆか

floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river

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実み

fruit, nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content, substance

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節ふし

joint, knuckle; tune, melody; node (of a plant stem), joint, knot (in wood), knob; (notable) point, part; node

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文ぶん

sentence; composition, text, writings; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts), academia, literature; statement

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値ね

price, cost; value, worth, merit

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象ぞう

elephant (Elephantidae spp.)

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