豈図らんや
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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豈 | 図 |
あに Hyōgaiji |
はか Grade: 2 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology
Adverb 豈 (ani, rhetorical interrogative) + 図ら (hakara, the irrealis of verb 図る (hakaru, “to think”)) + suppositional auxiliary ん (-n) (from -m, from -mu) + interrogative particle や (ya). Literally "(just) how could one think (such a thing so)?".
Idiom
豈図らんや (hiragana あにはからんや, rōmaji ani hakaran ya)
- an expression of surprise to an event that is contrary to one's expectations; unexpectedly, to [one's] surprise, contrary to [one's] expectations
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