Lingakuとうてい
Frequency rank: 29,536. – 29,805. (for form 到底: 4,212. – 4,213.)
- (cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutelyword usually written using kana alonewith neg. sentence
adverb (fukushi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- (cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
This phrase is used to emphasize the impossibility or total lack of ability to do something. It conveys a strong sense of disbelief or rejection.
Generated collocations (experimental)
とうていむり無理だutterly impossibleとうていしんじられない信じられないabsolutely unbelievableとうていりかい理解できないcannot possibly understandとうていできないnot able to do at allとうていこんなん困難だby no means easyとうていかちめ勝ち目がないabsolutely no chance of winningとうていてがとどかない手が届かないutterly out of reachとうていたえられない耐えられないcannot possibly endureとうていまんぞく満足できないnot satisfied at all
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
- きごう（ひていてき否定的なご語をともない伴いきごう）どうしても．.
- わたくし私はうつくしい美しいこい恋もうすきたない薄汚ないこい恋もしてみようというき気にはとうてい到底なれない．.きごう（おだ織田さくのすけ作之助
- そのくるし苦しさといらた苛（いらだ）たしさとは、とうてい到底ひっし筆紙にせつめい説明することができないことが出来ないのである．.きごう（はぎはら萩原さくたろう朔太郎
- きごう「ぼく僕はとうてい到底だめ駄目なにんげん人間だね．.ぼく僕にゃとてもきみ君をやしなって養ってゆくちから力はないよ．.きごう」きごう（たむら田村としこ俊子
- とどのつまり．.つまるところ．.つまり．.けっきょく結局．.ひっきょう畢竟．.
Example sentences
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Me? I can't even begin to draw buffalo, deer and horses so you can tell them apart.
The UFO, with a zigzag movement you couldn't think of as being a plane, flew off into the mountains in the east.
Careless as she was, she could never pass an examination.
I could not possibly finish the work in a few days.
It cannot plausibly be argued that behaviour of such complexity derives entirely from instinct.
16. ちょうきち長吉はにんげん人間というものはとしをとる年を取ると、わかい若いじぶん時分にけいけん経験したわかいもの若いものしかしらない知らないはんもん煩悶ふあん不安をばけろりとわすれてしまって忘れてしまって、つぎ次のじだい時代にうまれて生れてくる来るわかいもの若いもののみのうえ身の上をきわめて極めてむとんちゃく無頓着にくんかい訓戒ひひょう批評すること事のできるべんり便利なせいしつ性質をもっている持っているものだ、としをとった年を取ったものとわかいもの若いもののあいだ間にはとうてい到底いっち一致されないけんかく懸隔のあること事をつくづくかんじた感じた。
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.
18. りょうしん両親といっしょ一緒でなければそのびじゅつかん美術館にいれて入れてもらえないだろうということにとむトムがきづいていなかった気づいていなかったとは、とうてい到底かんがえにくい考えにくい。
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.