まさか

Japanese

Etymology
Hiragana modern まさか
historical まさか
Kanji 真逆

Adverb

まさか (rōmaji masaka)

  1. unexpectedly, inconceivably, impossibly, surely
    まさか事 (じ)故 (こ)に遭 (あ)うとは思 (おも)ってもいませんでした。
    Masaka jiko ni au to wa omotte mo imasen deshita.
    Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined that I would be in an accident.

Interjection

まさか (rōmaji masaka)

  1. of course not, don't be silly
    まさか！そんなわけないでしょう？
    Masaka! Sonna wake nai deshō?
    Goodness, of course not!
  2. no way, come off it
    まさか、本 (ほん)当 (とう)にやったのか？
    Masaka, hontō ni yatta no ka?
    No way, he/she actually did it!?
  3. no shit
    (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought):

Noun

まさか (rōmaji masaka)

  1. an unexpected event
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.