Illustration: At a family kitchen table, an older sibling points from a missing chunk of cake toward a younger child, clearly making an accusation. The younger child recoils with wide eyes and both forearms crossed firmly in front of the chest, vigorously rejecting the claim.

JLPT N3interjectionLevel estimated by Bebop

とんでもない

tondemonai

no way!, far from it!

Used to reject a claim emphatically. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

「君きみはそれを終おえたか」「とんでもない、始はじめたばかりだ」
"Have you finished it?" "On the contrary, I’ve just begun."
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
彼かれがばかだなんてとんでもない。
He is anything but a fool.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
彼かれは天才てんさいなんてとんでもない。
He is far from a genius.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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