豈図らんや

Japanese

Kanji in this term
豈 図
Hyōgaiji Grade: 2

Etymology

Adverb 豈 (ani, rhetorical interrogative) + the irrealis of verb 図る (hakaru, “to think”) + suppositional particle 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)

  1. an expression of surprise to an event that is contrary to one's expectations; unexpectedly, to [ones'] surprise, contrary to [one's] expectations

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