豈図らんや
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 豈 | 図 |
| あに Hyōgai |
はか Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 豈圖らんや (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]豈図らんや • (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