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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

到とう底てい

N1
とうてい toutei
  1. (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。
  • 彼かれに会あう事ことなどは到とう底てい思おもいもよらない。
    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"
  }
}