〜どころか
JLPT N3:far from / let alone
"Far from X" or "let alone X": rejects X and gives something much more extreme, often the opposite.
How to form it
- Put どころか after a noun or a plain form: 謝るどころか (far from apologising).
- "Far from X, (the opposite)": 謝るどころか、怒り出した (far from apologising, he got angry).
- "Not even Y, let alone X": 漢字どころか、ひらがなも読めない (never mind kanji, I can't even read hiragana).
Examples
謝るどころか、怒鳴り返してきた。
Far from apologising, he shouted back at me.
漢字どころか、ひらがなもまだ読めない。
Never mind kanji, I can't even read hiragana yet.
Similar meaning
- 〜ばかりでなくnot only
"Not only…but also": adds a point without rejecting the first.
Same form, different meaning
- 〜どころではないnot in a position to
どころではない: "this is no time for X".