JLPT LEVEL
JLPT N2 articles
Grammar and vocabulary articles tagged N2 (upper intermediate).
4 articles
〜どころか: "far from X, actually Y" — the pattern that overturns the whole sentence
どころか rejects a modest idea outright and replaces it with something far more extreme in the same direction. "Far from X" — the truth goes well beyond it.
〜にもかかわらず: "despite that" for a fact that should have changed everything, and did not
にもかかわらず means "despite" or "in spite of" — it names a strong fact that should block an outcome, then reports the outcome happened anyway.
〜たとたん(に): the instant one thing happens, the other one does too
たとたんに means "the instant X happened, Y happened" — a sudden, unplanned event triggered right after the first. It only ever describes the past.
Ni watatte grammar: 〜にわたって vs 〜にかけて, "over" a period
〜にわたって means "over the whole span" of a time, place or range: 三日間にわたって. 〜にかけて means "from around A to around B." Here is how to tell them apart.