Vocabulary

What does ~どころか mean?

~どころか means far from, let alone; on the contrary.

Quick facts
Reading~どころか
Romaji~dokoroka
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N1
~どころか
N1 · estimated, JLPT framework~dokoroka

far from, let alone; on the contrary

Example sentences

  • Far from reflecting on it, he got angry instead.

  • Far from going up, my salary actually went down.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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