Illustration: Outside a Japanese apartment entrance after rain, a resident holds a bent umbrella over an open rubbish bin, ready to discard it. Beneath its one intact section, a neighborhood cat has settled perfectly dry with its paws tucked under its chest. Rain still drips through the broken half.

あながち

anagachi

not necessarily, not entirely

Used with a negative expression. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

彼かれの言いうことはあながち間違まちがっていない。
He is not altogether wrong.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
トムの主張しゅちょうもあながち見当外けんとうはずれではない気きがする。
I have a feeling Tom’s claim isn’t entirely wrong.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
雨あめの日ひに歩あるくのもあながち悪わるくない。
Walking in the rain isn’t all bad.
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