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JLPT N2 Grammar

どころか

N2Contrast / Concession

N2 · Contrast / Concession · plain form + どころか / noun + どころか

far from; let alone; on the contrary

plain form + どころか / noun + どころか

どころか strongly rejects the first idea and shows that reality is far from it, sometimes the opposite.

It is used as “far from A, even B...” or “not A, but rather B.”

週末は休むどころか、徹夜で資料を作った。

Far from resting on the weekend, I stayed up all night preparing materials.

Do not use it as an ordinary contrast; it is much stronger than でも or しかし.

The first idea is overturned; the second part is the reality.

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