だに (dani)

Meaning & usage

だに is a literary, classical-flavored particle that adds an emphatic sense of even or at least, often in negative or hypothetical contexts. It follows a verb in dictionary form or a noun. Its old-fashioned tone means it appears mainly in written or elevated Japanese rather than everyday speech.

Example sentences 5

1. 彼かれがその辞書じしょを盗ぬすんだに違ちがいない、とふと私わたしはおもった。

   It occurred to me that he must have stolen the dictionary.

2. 誰かが君の腕時計を盗んだにちがいない。

   Someone must've stolen your watch.

3. その患者はその薬を飲んだにもかかわらず少しも気分が良くならなかった。

   The patient felt none the better for having taken the new pills.

4. 話すのを止めるように頼んだにも関わらず、あいつらはしゃべり続けてた。

   They kept talking even though I asked them to stop.

5. 第一次世界大戦後、イタリアは密約を結んだにもかかわらず、外国領土に対して債権を全て行使することができなかった。

   Despite having signed a secret pact, Italy failed to enforce all its claims on foreign territories after World War I.