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だに: even (literary)

N1 · 09 Emphasis and feeling

Literary "even", found mainly in fixed phrases.

Fixed: 想像だにしない (never imagined), 微動だにしない (doesn't budge), 夢にだに. Archaic; recognition only.

Examples

そんな事故じこは想像そうぞうだにしなかった。

I never even imagined such an accident.

彼かれは微動びどうだにしなかった。

He did not budge at all.