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Formation: V-dictionary / i-adj + ものか; na-adj + な + ものか; N + な + ものか; V-ない + ものか (wish: 'isn't there some way')

Strongly and emotionally denies or refuses something, as if to say 'no way' or 'as if!'. It is spoken: もんか is casual, もんですか or ものですか is softer, and in writing it shows a character's feelings. When used about the speaker's own actions, it expresses a firm refusal (二度と行くものか). A separate use, 〜ないものか or 〜ないものだろうか, expresses a strong wish that something could somehow be done. Compared with 〜まい, which is calm and literary, and 〜わけがない, which judges logically that something is impossible, ものか is a heated personal reaction.

Variants: もんか、ものですか、もんですか、ないものか、ないものだろうか

Examples

• あんな失礼な人に、二度と会うものか。
  As if I'd ever see such a rude person again!
• 「大丈夫？」「平気なもんか。足が痛くて歩けないよ。」
  "Are you OK?" "Far from it. My foot hurts so much I can't walk."
• 何とかこの争いを止められないものか。
  Isn't there some way to put a stop to this conflict?

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