Word · 単語
真逆
Reading まさか
by no means
- 1 by no means, never!, well, I never!, you don't say!, no way!
- 2 certainly (not), surely (not), hardly (expected) — with neg. verb
- 3 something unexpected, emergency
- 4 indeed, really, truly, unexpectedly
- 5 (the) present, (the) here and now, situation at hand
N3
JLPT
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Not started
Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
例文 · examples
まさか。冗談言うなよ！
You must be kidding!
まさか、嘘でしょう。
You must be kidding!
まさか彼に会えるとは思わなかった。
He was the last person I expected to see.
まさか！彼がそこへ行ったはずがない。
Like fun he went there!
まさかそのような窮地に立たされているとは露知らず。
Good grief! I had no idea you had been placed in such a tight spot.