まさか
N3 masaka
- by no means
interjection
Chinese meanings
难道;万一
Examples
- 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.没想到竟然能见到他。
- まさかの時にはあなたを助けてやろう。I'll stand by you in time of need.万一有事我会帮助你。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('524a699a99'); // まさか
{
"id": "524a699a99",
"word": "まさか",
"reading": "まさか",
"romaji": "masaka",
"meanings": [
"by no means"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"int"
],
"jmdict_id": 1363540,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "まさか彼に会えるとは思わなかった。",
"furigana": "まさか{彼|かれ}に{会|あ}えるとは{思|おも}わなかった。",
"en": "He was the last person I expected to see.",
"tatoeba_id": 195665
},
{
"ja": "まさかの時にはあなたを助けてやろう。",
"furigana": "まさかの{時|とき}にはあなたを{助|たす}けてやろう。",
"en": "I'll stand by you in time of need.",
"tatoeba_id": 195674
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "735d3b104b490ec4451a2a0c7db9ba47b73fe29dcf9db6b6a0434bfff3186c41",
"meanings": [
"难道",
"万一"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "まさか彼に会えるとは思わなかった。",
"zh": "没想到竟然能见到他。"
},
{
"ja": "まさかの時にはあなたを助けてやろう。",
"zh": "万一有事我会帮助你。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/524a699a99",
"JMdict ent_seq 1363540; 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": "5a4d13bd0d7aede2eb1cf405150112850064d331bb1547bd8560258beb5a0f1c"
}
}