Definition of とうてい

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とうていtoutei☆《到底》

adverb:

  • by no means; not at all; (cannot) possibly; utterly; absolutely

Example Sentences

私watashiなんぞnanzoにはniha野牛yagyuuとto鹿shikaとto馬umaとtoをwo描き分けるegakiwakeruことkotoなどnado到底toutei出来ないdekinai。
Me? I can't even begin to draw buffalo, deer and horses so you can tell them apart.
ＵＦＯＵＦＯはha飛行物体hikoubuttaiとはtoha到底toutei思えないomoenaiジグザグJIGUZAGUのno動きugokiでde、東higashiのno山yamaにni飛んでtondeいったitta。
The UFO, with a zigzag movement you couldn't think of as being a plane, flew off into the mountains in the east.
彼女kanojoはha注意chuuiがga足りなかったtarinakattaからkara、試験shikenにはnihaとうていtoutei合格goukakuできないdekinai。
Careless as she was, she could never pass an examination.
彼kareはha大事なdaijina犬inuをwoとうていtoutei手放すtebanasuことkotoはhaできなかったdekinakatta。
He couldn't possibly part with his beloved dog.
彼のkareno部屋heyaはha小奇麗kogireiとはtohaとうていtoutei言えないienai。
His room is anything but neat.

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