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到底 (とうてい): (cannot) possibly — Japanese vocabulary

到底 is read とうてい and means "(cannot) possibly". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

到底

Reading
とうてい · toutei
Translation
(cannot) possibly
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
とうていが

Example

彼に会う事などは到底思いもよらない。

かれにあうことなどはとうていおもいもよらない。

I cannot think that I will ever meet him.

Kanji in this word

  • 到 — Arrival, Proceed, Reach
  • 底 — bottom

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