到底

Japanese

Kanji in this term
到	底

Adverb

到底 (hiragana とうてい, romaji tōtei)

1. (with negative verb) possibly (as in "couldn't possibly")
   • 1908, 夏目漱石 (Natsume Sōseki), 夢十夜 (Ten nights of dreams), [1]

     とうてい死にそうには見えない。

     とうていしにそうにはみえない。

     tōtei shinisō ni wa mienai.

     It didn't appear possible that [she] was about to die.