〜はおろか

Pattern

〜はおろか

Level

N3

Reading

〜はおろか

Meaning

let alone, not to mention

Attaches to

noun

Nuance & register

Emphasizes that something is not even possible, so a harder thing is definitely impossible.

Example

彼は漢字はおろか、ひらがなも書けない。 He cannot write hiragana, let alone kanji.

Easily confused with

〜どころか (far from/on the contrary). 〜はおろか emphasizes the extremity of the first item.

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