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ものか

Definitely not, Absolutely not, Impossible, Do you really think~?

仕事しごと？毎日まいにち怒おこられてばかりだから楽たのしいもんか。

Work? I get yelled at everyday, so I am definitely not having a good time.

Explanation

「ものか」 has 2 uses

1Never will I

A firm resolve not to do something: 「あんな店、二度と行くものか」 (I'm never going to that shop again).

バカ言いうな。俺おれがそんな派手はでな服ふくを着きるものか！

Don't be stupid! Do you really think that I would wear something so flashy?!

君きみにボーナスなどあげるものか。まじめに働はたらかないんだから。

You absolutely will not get a bonus. Because you don't work diligently.

2No way

A sharp denial: it's not like that at all: 「嬉しいでしょう」「嬉しいものか」 ('You must be happy.' 'Happy? Hardly!').

あんなひどいこと言いわれたんだ。平気へいきなものか。

After the awful things he said? Of course I'm not OK.

仕事しごと？毎日まいにち怒おこられてばかりだから楽たのしいもんか。

Work? I get yelled at everyday, so I am definitely not having a good time.

Mixed up with

「ものか」: anger, stubbornness and will: 「負けるものか」 (I won't lose!).

「わけがない」: objectively impossible from facts and logic: 「彼が犯人のわけがない」 (He can't be the culprit).

「はずがない」: the speaker is convinced it is impossible: 「鍵をかけたはずだ。泥棒が入るはずがない」 (I locked up, so a thief can't have got in).

Easily confused withものか・わけがない: the difference ›

Examples

1Never will I

  1. バカ言いうな。俺おれがそんな派手はでな服ふくを着きるものか！

    Don't be stupid! Do you really think that I would wear something so flashy?!

  2. 君きみにボーナスなどあげるものか。まじめに働はたらかないんだから。

    You absolutely will not get a bonus. Because you don't work diligently.

2No way

  1. あんなひどいこと言いわれたんだ。平気へいきなものか。

    After the awful things he said? Of course I'm not OK.

  2. 私わたしは毎日まいにち残業ざんぎょうしているし、家いえに帰かえったら家事かじを全部ぜんぶやっている。元気げんきなものか。

    I work overtime every day and when I get home I do all the chores. Do you really think I have any energy left?

Tested 2 times in past papers

N1 · Dec 2015, Q39N1 · Jul 2010, Q34