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JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

論ろん外がい

rongai

out of the question

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれの提案ていあんは全まったく論外ろんがいだ。

    His proposal is completely out of the question.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 別べつのパソコンを買かおうなんて、論外ろんがいよ。

    Your plan to buy another PC is out of the question.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. パスポートがなければ、出国しゅっこくなど論外ろんがいだ。

    Without a passport, leaving a country is out of the question.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 論外

  • 論argument; discourseOnロンKunあげつらう
  • 外outsideOnガイ・ゲKunそと・ほか・はずす

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