E eeky 先輩 Joined 8 Jun 2010 Messages 2,431 Reaction score 22 31 Mar 2015 #1 いろいろな物体が教室を飛び回ると、始末の悪い事故にならないともかぎらないので、フリットウィック先生は生徒一人にクッションひと山を与えて練習させた。 (The children are learning to use magic to make objects fly away from them.) What is the purpose of かぎらない in this sentence? I can't seem to get my head round it.
いろいろな物体が教室を飛び回ると、始末の悪い事故にならないともかぎらないので、フリットウィック先生は生徒一人にクッションひと山を与えて練習させた。 (The children are learning to use magic to make objects fly away from them.) What is the purpose of かぎらない in this sentence? I can't seem to get my head round it.
Mike Cash 骨も命も皆此の土地に埋めよう Twenty-year veteran Joined 15 Mar 2002 Messages 16,758 Reaction score 2,298 31 Mar 2015 #2 States the situation (or potential developments) weren't limited to being without accident. In other words, just a way of stating there was danger, hence the mountain of cushions.
States the situation (or potential developments) weren't limited to being without accident. In other words, just a way of stating there was danger, hence the mountain of cushions.
Toritoribe 松葉解禁 Moderator Fifteen-year veteran Joined 22 Feb 2008 Messages 18,266 Reaction score 4,926 31 Mar 2015 #3 …であるとは限らない be not necessarily [always]… not all…are… Click to expand... かぎるの英語・英訳 - 英和辞典・和英辞典 Weblio辞書 事故にならないともかぎらない Not all cases are not an accident. = It can be an accident.
…であるとは限らない be not necessarily [always]… not all…are… Click to expand... かぎるの英語・英訳 - 英和辞典・和英辞典 Weblio辞書 事故にならないともかぎらない Not all cases are not an accident. = It can be an accident.
lanthas Joined 27 Apr 2014 Messages 940 Reaction score 243 31 Mar 2015 #4 Question from me too: what is the ひと after クッション, is it similar to の? I can only seem to find it as 人 in dictionaries.
Question from me too: what is the ひと after クッション, is it similar to の? I can only seem to find it as 人 in dictionaries.
Toritoribe 松葉解禁 Moderator Fifteen-year veteran Joined 22 Feb 2008 Messages 18,266 Reaction score 4,926 31 Mar 2015 #5 一山