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Meanings

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Emphasizes an extreme or unexpected example, stronger than さえ. Often used in negative or surprising contexts.

彼かれは自じ分ぶんの名な前まえすら書かけなかった。
He couldn't even write his own name.
そんなことは子こ供どもですら知しっている。
Even a child knows that.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉すら〈動どう詞し〉ないnot even 〈person〉 does 〈verb〉
そんなことは専せん門もん家かすら分わからない。
Even an expert wouldn't understand something like that.
〈事こと〉すら知しらないnot even know 〈thing/fact〉
彼かれは自じ分ぶんの誕たん生じょう日びすら知しらない。
He doesn't even know his own birthday.
〈物もの〉すらないthere isn't even 〈thing〉
この村むらには病びょう院いんすらない。
This village doesn't even have a hospital.