とうてい
- (cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutelyword usually written using kana alonewith neg. sentence
adverb (fukushi)
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The UFO, with a zigzag movement you couldn't think of as being a plane, flew off into the mountains in the east.
It cannot plausibly be argued that behaviour of such complexity derives entirely from instinct.
Chokichi keenly felt that people, as they get older, forget entirely about the worries that only young people know about and that they themselves experienced in their youth; and that they nonchalantly take this convenient disposition where they judge harshly the circumstances of the young persons born of the next generation. He felt that there was truly an irreconcilable gap between the old and the young.
I think it's highly unlikely that Tom was not aware that he wouldn't be allowed to enter the museum without his parents.
It's very unlikely that the teacher will believe Tom's excuse for not having his homework done on time.
The UFO, with a zigzag movement you couldn't think of as being a plane, flew off into the mountains in the east.