豈図らんや

Japanese

Kanji in this term
豈	図
あに Hyōgaiji	はか Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
豈圖らんや (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Adverb 豈 (ani, rhetorical interrogative) + 図ら (hakara, the irrealis of verb 図る (hakaru, “to think”)) + suppositional auxiliary ん (-n) (from -m, from -mu) + interrogative particle や (ya). Literally "(just) how could one think (such a thing so)?".

Idiom

豈(あに)図(はか)らんや • (ani hakaran ya) 

1. an expression of surprise to an event that is contrary to one's expectations; unexpectedly, to [one's] surprise, contrary to [one's] expectations

See also

• 意外(いがい) (igai)
• 思(おも)い掛(が)けない (omoigakenai)