Illustration: Outside a neighborhood rice shop, a young adult reaches solicitously toward an older woman's shopping load, knees bent and hands ready to help.

JLPT N2conjunctionLevel estimated by Bebop

それどころか

soredokoroka

on the contrary, far from it

Example sentences

メアリーは貧まずしくはない。それどころか、かなり裕福ゆうふくだ。
Mary is not poor. On the contrary, she is quite rich.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
彼かれは金持かねもちではない。それどころか、彼かれは借金しゃっきんだらけだ。
He is not rich. On the contrary, he is deep in debt.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
その絵えは醜みにくいとは思おもわない。それどころか、むしろ美うつくしいと思おもう。
That picture doesn’t seem ugly to me; on the contrary, I think it’s rather beautiful.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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