"まさか" meaning in Japanese

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Adverb

Forms: masaka [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. First attested in the Man'yōshū, compiled 759 CE. There are various theories regarding the ultimate derivation: * Being the initial ma- is from 目 (ma, me, “eye”), it was thought to be an alteration of 目前 (mesaki, “before one's eyes”), with the me- element becoming ma-, but there was no attestation of masaki. * Compound of root 正 (masa, “exactly”, found in compounds such as まさに (masa ni, “certainly, exactly, without doubt”)) + か (ka, “special suffix indicating condition”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{m|ja|目|t=eye|tr=ma, me}} 目 (ma, me, “eye”), {{m|ja|目前|t=before one's eyes|tr=mesaki}} 目前 (mesaki, “before one's eyes”), {{m|ja|まさに|t=certainly, exactly, without doubt|tr=masa ni}} まさに (masa ni, “certainly, exactly, without doubt”), {{com|ja|正|か|pos1=found in compounds such as <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">まさに</i> (masa ni, “certainly, exactly, without doubt”)|t1=exactly|t2=special suffix indicating condition|tr1=masa|tr2=ka}} 正 (masa, “exactly”, found in compounds such as まさに (masa ni, “certainly, exactly, without doubt”)) + か (ka, “special suffix indicating condition”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb}} まさか • (masaka)
  1. unexpectedly, inconceivably, impossibly, surely
    Sense id: en-まさか-ja-adv-jaOK7k4y Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 52 3 43 0 2

Interjection

Forms: masaka [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. First attested in the Man'yōshū, compiled 759 CE. There are various theories regarding the ultimate derivation: * Being the initial ma- is from 目 (ma, me, “eye”), it was thought to be an alteration of 目前 (mesaki, “before one's eyes”), with the me- element becoming ma-, but there was no attestation of masaki. * Compound of root 正 (masa, “exactly”, found in compounds such as まさに (masa ni, “certainly, exactly, without doubt”)) + か (ka, “special suffix indicating condition”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{m|ja|目|t=eye|tr=ma, me}} 目 (ma, me, “eye”), {{m|ja|目前|t=before one's eyes|tr=mesaki}} 目前 (mesaki, “before one's eyes”), {{m|ja|まさに|t=certainly, exactly, without doubt|tr=masa ni}} まさに (masa ni, “certainly, exactly, without doubt”), {{com|ja|正|か|pos1=found in compounds such as <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">まさに</i> (masa ni, “certainly, exactly, without doubt”)|t1=exactly|t2=special suffix indicating condition|tr1=masa|tr2=ka}} 正 (masa, “exactly”, found in compounds such as まさに (masa ni, “certainly, exactly, without doubt”)) + か (ka, “special suffix indicating condition”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection}} まさか • (masaka)
  1. of course not, don't be silly
    Sense id: en-まさか-ja-intj-c9jN747~
  2. no way, come off it
    Sense id: en-まさか-ja-intj-wsuQEsvI Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 36 2 60 0 2 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 36 4 58 0 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 52 3 43 0 2 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 40 3 55 0 2
  3. no shit
    Sense id: en-まさか-ja-intj-HdEwfUeU

Noun

Forms: masaka [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. First attested in the Man'yōshū, compiled 759 CE. There are various theories regarding the ultimate derivation: * Being the initial ma- is from 目 (ma, me, “eye”), it was thought to be an alteration of 目前 (mesaki, “before one's eyes”), with the me- element becoming ma-, but there was no attestation of masaki. * Compound of root 正 (masa, “exactly”, found in compounds such as まさに (masa ni, “certainly, exactly, without doubt”)) + か (ka, “special suffix indicating condition”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{m|ja|目|t=eye|tr=ma, me}} 目 (ma, me, “eye”), {{m|ja|目前|t=before one's eyes|tr=mesaki}} 目前 (mesaki, “before one's eyes”), {{m|ja|まさに|t=certainly, exactly, without doubt|tr=masa ni}} まさに (masa ni, “certainly, exactly, without doubt”), {{com|ja|正|か|pos1=found in compounds such as <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">まさに</i> (masa ni, “certainly, exactly, without doubt”)|t1=exactly|t2=special suffix indicating condition|tr1=masa|tr2=ka}} 正 (masa, “exactly”, found in compounds such as まさに (masa ni, “certainly, exactly, without doubt”)) + か (ka, “special suffix indicating condition”) Head templates: {{ja-noun}} まさか • (masaka)
  1. an unexpected event
    Sense id: en-まさか-ja-noun-emvzqL9X

Alternative forms

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        "2": "まさに",
        "t": "certainly, exactly, without doubt",
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      },
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      "name": "m"
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      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese. First attested in the Man'yōshū, compiled 759 CE.\nThere are various theories regarding the ultimate derivation:\n* Being the initial ma- is from 目 (ma, me, “eye”), it was thought to be an alteration of 目前 (mesaki, “before one's eyes”), with the me- element becoming ma-, but there was no attestation of masaki.\n* Compound of root 正 (masa, “exactly”, found in compounds such as まさに (masa ni, “certainly, exactly, without doubt”)) + か (ka, “special suffix indicating condition”).",
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      "form": "masaka",
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      ]
    }
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          "english": "Goodness, of course not!",
          "roman": "Masaka! Sonna wake nai deshō?",
          "text": "まさか！そんなわけないでしょう？",
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        }
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        "of course not, don't be silly"
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        {
          "english": "No way, he/she actually did it!?",
          "roman": "Masaka, hontō ni yatta no ka?",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "本",
              "ほん"
            ],
            [
              "当",
              "とう"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "まさか、本当にやったのか？"
        }
      ],
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          "no shit"
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    }
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    "Man'yōshū"
  ],
  "word": "まさか"
}

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      "args": {
        "nodots": "1"
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      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "C.E."
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      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
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        "t": "before one's eyes",
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      "expansion": "目前 (mesaki, “before one's eyes”)",
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      "args": {
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        "2": "まさに",
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      "expansion": "まさに (masa ni, “certainly, exactly, without doubt”)",
      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "com"
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      "form": "masaka",
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          "english": "unbelievable incident on the day of",
          "roman": "tōjitsu ni masaka no jiken",
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              "当日",
              "とうじつ"
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              "事件",
              "じけん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "当日にまさかの事件"
        },
        {
          "ruby": [
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              "とき"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "まさかの時\nmasaka no toki\ntime of need"
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        "an unexpected event"
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