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ことか

ことかkoto kaN2neutral

savor + how very X! — an exclamation, not a real question

ajiwau koto ka

how very X! — an exclamation, not a real question

meaning: how very X! — an exclamation, not a real question

Same meaningRelated

  • 味あじわう
  • 〜ことか
  • 味あじわうことか

もう、何回なんかい注意ちゅういしたことか、いい加減かげんにしてよ。

mou, nankai chuui shita koto ka, ii kagen ni shite yo.

Honestly, how many times have I warned you — quit it already! casual

何度なんど同おなじことを言いったことか。

nando onaji koto o itta koto ka.

How many times have I said the same thing! neutral

Same meaning3

can't help feeling; unbearably

All examples4

how very X! — exclaims a strong feeling, often with なんと or どれだけ

  1. もう、何回なんかい注意ちゅういしたことか、いい加減かげんにしてよ。

    mou, nankai chuui shita koto ka, ii kagen ni shite yo.

    Honestly, how many times have I warned you — quit it already! casual

  2. 何度なんど同おなじことを言いったことか。

    nando onaji koto o itta koto ka.

    How many times have I said the same thing! neutral

  3. 一人ひとりであの山やまを登のぼるのが、どんなに恐おそろしかったことか。

    hitori de ano yama o noboru no ga, donna ni osoroshikatta koto ka.

    Climbing that mountain alone — how terrifying it was! neutral

  4. 若わかき日ひの苦労くろうが、後のちにどれほど役やくに立たったことか。

    wakaki hi no kurou ga, nochi ni dorehodo yaku ni tatta koto ka.

    How much the hardships of my youth would go on to help me in later life! formal

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