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Zach

況してや

Reading

Kana: ましてや
Romaji: mashiteya
Kana
Romaji

Definition

exp
adv
1

much less; to say nothing of

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

Readings: キョウ、 まし.て、 いわ.んや、 おもむき
Meanings: condition, situation

Example Sentences

(かれ)英語(えいご)(はな)せない。ましてやフランス()論外(ろんがい)だ。
➥He can't speak English, much less French.
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(かれ)はスペイン()(はな)せる、ましてや英語(えいご)はお()のものだ。
➥He can speak some Spanish, much more English.
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彼女(かのじょ)はスペイン()(はな)せる。ましてや英語(えいご)()うまでもない。
➥She can speak Spanish, much more English.
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(かれ)は、フランス()(はな)せる、ましてや英語(えいご)(はな)せる。
➥He can speak French, still more English.
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(かれ)はフランス()(はな)せる、ましてや英語(えいご)無論(むろん)のことだ。
➥He can speak French, and obviously English.
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(かれ)英語(えいご)()めない。ましてやドイツ()はなおさら()めない。
➥He can't read English, much less German.
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