到底
とうてい
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly
JLPT N1 Common word
Meanings
Adverb
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
Example sentences
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His room is anything but neat.
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I can't possibly think your story is true.
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I cannot think that I will ever meet him.
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I can't bring myself to do such a thing.
私なんぞには野牛と鹿と馬とを描き分けることなど到底出来ない。
Me? I can't even begin to draw buffalo, deer and horses so you can tell them apart.
More examples (10)
この仕事を1日で終わらせるなんて、私には到底無理な話なのよ。
It is just out of the question for me to finish the work in a day.
UFOは飛行機とは到底思えないジグザグの動きで、東の山に飛んでいった。
The UFO, with a zigzag movement you couldn't think of as being a plane, flew off into the mountains in the east.
UFOは飛行物体とは到底思えないジグザグの動きで、東の山に飛んでいった。
The UFO, with a zigzag movement you couldn't think of as being a plane, flew off into the mountains in the east.
期限までに宿題を終わらせなかったトムの言い訳を先生が真に受けるとは到底思えない。
It's very unlikely that the teacher will believe Tom's excuse for not having his homework done on time.
両親と一緒でなければその美術館に入れてもらえないだろうということにトムが気づいていなかったとは、到底考えにくい。
I think it's highly unlikely that Tom was not aware that he wouldn't be allowed to enter the museum without his parents.
長吉は人間というものは年を取ると、若い時分に経験した若いものしか知らない煩悶不安をばけろりと忘れてしまって、次の時代に生れて来る若いものの身の上を極めて無頓着に訓戒批評する事のできる便利な性質を持っているものだ、年を取ったものと若いものの間には到底一致されない懸隔のある事をつくづく感じた。
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.
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This book is far above me.
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I am no match for you at tennis.
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He couldn't possibly part with his beloved dog.
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She just can't have the nerve to lift it up now!