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おろか
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Meanings
Expression
1. not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; not only ... (Usually kana, after 〜は or 〜も)
Other spellings
疎おろか
Kanji in other spellings
疎sparse
Pitch accent
おろか
Composed of
おろ
incompletely; insufficiently; partially; somewhat
Prefix
か
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; either ... or ...; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; I wonder (if, why, etc.); …
Particle
Examples4
My companion said that she was too tired to walk, let alone run.
The baby cannot even walk, much less run.
I can't play the guitar, much less the violin.
I can't even read Italian, let alone write it.