ものか (monoka)

a wish; wondering whether; a rhetorical should

Meaning & usage

ものか appears in questions and embedded questions, turning the preceding phrase into a question about what something is or whether it is the case, as in wondering whether his failure came from incompetence or bad luck. It follows a noun plus の or a plain-form clause, and also shows up inside かもしれない and どうか patterns.

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