THE WORD · N3
まさか
Under no circumstances
Noun · Adverbe · Interjection
まさか彼に会えるとは思わなかった。
She was the last person I expected to see.
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Parts of speech
Interjection · Adverbe · Noun · Name that can change a name with の
The dictionary may associate several parts of speech with different meanings of the same word.
Close or Related Words
Dictionary references: they are not necessarily synonyms.
- 本当に — really; really; really Source
English dictionary meanings
- by no means
- never!
- well, I never!
- you don't say!
- no way!
- certainly (not)
- surely (not)
- hardly (expected)
- something unexpected
- emergency
- indeed
- really
- truly
- unexpectedly
- (the) present
- (the) here and now
- situation at hand