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中々どうして中々如何して [sK]
なかなかどうして
1. [exp,adv] [uk]
▶ considerably (beyond one's expectations)
▶ unexpectedly
▶ surprisingly
▶ contrary to one's expectations



History:
4. A 2023-11-19 23:44:11  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://gimon-sukkiri.jp/nakanaka/#i-2
  Diff:
@@ -14,0 +15 @@
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
@@ -16 +16,0 @@
-<pos>&exp;</pos>
@@ -19 +19,3 @@
-<gloss>more (than expected)</gloss>
+<gloss>unexpectedly</gloss>
+<gloss>surprisingly</gloss>
+<gloss>contrary to one's expectations</gloss>
3. A 2023-11-19 20:11:22  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Tanaka example. 彼女はなかなかどうして馬鹿ではない。  She is far from a fool.
2. A* 2023-11-17 18:44:05 
  Diff:
@@ -16,0 +17 @@
+<misc>&uk;</misc>
1. A* 2023-11-17 18:43:21 
  Refs:
sankoku, jitsuyou

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーーー─┬─────────┬───────╮
│ なかなかどうして │ 103,728 │ 94.3% │
│ 中々どうして   │   6,117 │  5.6% │
│ 中々如何して   │     105 │  0.1% │
╰─ーーーーーーーー─┴─────────┴───────╯

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