到底
N1とうてい toutei
- (cannot) possibly
adverb
Chinese meanings
无论如何也不
Examples
- あなたの話は到底真実だと思えない。I can't possibly think your story is true.你的话我无论如何也无法认为是真的。
- 彼に会う事などは到底思いもよらない。I cannot think that I will ever meet him.我根本想不到能见到他。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('b40c224700'); // 到底
{
"id": "b40c224700",
"word": "到底",
"reading": "とうてい",
"romaji": "toutei",
"meanings": [
"(cannot) possibly"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"adv"
],
"jmdict_id": 1449880,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "あなたの話は到底真実だと思えない。",
"en": "I can't possibly think your story is true.",
"tatoeba_id": 232950
},
{
"ja": "彼に会う事などは到底思いもよらない。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}に{会|あ}う{事|こと}などは{到底|とうてい}{思|おも}いもよらない。",
"en": "I cannot think that I will ever meet him.",
"tatoeba_id": 118649
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "1b4c9d3de2f3cf7ff64038969c87f83f052d9b927d0abc823e7311286c89052e",
"meanings": [
"无论如何也不"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "あなたの話は到底真実だと思えない。",
"zh": "你的话我无论如何也无法认为是真的。"
},
{
"ja": "彼に会う事などは到底思いもよらない。",
"zh": "我根本想不到能见到他。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/b40c224700",
"JMdict ent_seq 1449880; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "2aa2327e46774458e4d8d2543f7bca2d64de4b5f45e45448c4c4847b4790d726"
}
}