程度・範囲・強調N1

〜だに

even... / so much as... (in negatives: not even...)

Structure

V-辞書形 + だに;N + に + だに

Explanation

A literary, emphatic form of さえ (even); usually with a negative: not even...

Examples

そんなことは想像だにしなかった。

I never so much as imagined such a thing.

まさか彼がそこにいるとは、思いだにしなかった。

I never even imagined he would be there.

Note

Literary, often in fixed phrases like 想像だにしない/思いだにしない, usually with a negative.

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