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ものか

ものかmono kaN3casual

savor + as if!

ajiwau mono ka

as if!; there's no way — a heated refusal, asked as a question

meaning: as if!

Same meaningRelated

  • 味あじわう
  • 〜ものか
  • 味あじわうものか

あんな店みせ、二度にどと行いくもんか。

anna mise, nido to iku mon ka.

I'm never setting foot in that place again. casual

平気へいきなものか、あんなに叱しかられたんだから。

heiki na mono ka, anna ni shikarareta n da kara.

Of course he isn't fine — he got chewed out like that. casual

Same meaning3

no way that; can't possibly be

All examples4

I refuse; never again — a heated vow, said about yourself

  1. あんな店みせ、二度にどと行いくもんか。

    anna mise, nido to iku mon ka.

    I'm never setting foot in that place again. casual

  2. こんなところで負まけるものか。

    konna tokoro de makeru mono ka.

    There's no way I'm losing here. casual

as if that were true — throws back someone else's claim as impossible

  1. 平気へいきなものか、あんなに叱しかられたんだから。

    heiki na mono ka, anna ni shikarareta n da kara.

    Of course he isn't fine — he got chewed out like that. casual

  2. そんな都合つごうのいい話はなしがあるものですか。

    sonna tsugou no ii hanashi ga aru mono desu ka.

    As if there were ever such a convenient offer. neutral

How it's formed3

All forms2

  • もんかmonkacontraction

    味あじわうもんか

    The everyday spoken form — 誰だれが行いくもんか. Blunter than plain ものか.

  • politeものですかmonodesuka

    味あじわうものですか

Notes

This か expects no answer, and no rise in pitch (。 or ？ both work). ものですか is
the polite form, and sounds old-fashioned or feminine.