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端倪すべからざる (たんげいすべからざる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
expression, noun-modifying (irregular)
inscrutable ; unfathomable ; unpredictable
Literary, formal phrase meaning something is beyond comprehension or impossible to measure or predict. Often used to describe profound or mysterious things. The phrase is a fixed expression derived from classical Chinese.
See also: 端倪
The power of nature is inscrutable.
Similar words 不ふ 可か 解かい 不可解 is a common word for 'incomprehensible' or 'mysterious', while 端倪すべからざる is a much more literary and emphatic expression.
計はか り 知し れない 計り知れない is a more everyday phrase meaning 'immeasurable' or 'beyond calculation', whereas 端倪すべからざる carries a classical, formal tone.
Etymology Derived from classical Chinese. 端倪 (たんげい) means 'beginning and end' or 'clue', and すべからざる is a classical negative form of す (to do), meaning 'cannot be done'. Literally 'cannot be given a clue or measure', hence 'inscrutable'.
