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〜まだしも

N2 対比
★★
Usage
(なら +) まだしも
Description
 この文型は、ある状況や条件であれば多少受け入れられるが、それ以上は到底受け入れられないという話し手の感情を表す表現です。  This sentence pattern expresses that, while a situation or condition might be somewhat acceptable, anything beyond that would be completely unacceptable.
Examples
一度いちどだけならまだしも何度なんどおなじミスをするのは問題もんだいだ。It would be somewhat acceptable if it happened only once, but making the same mistake multiple times is a problem.
小学生しょうがくせいならまだしも高校生こうこうせいがこの問題もんだいけないのはおかしい。It would be somewhat acceptable if it were an elementary school student, but it’s strange that a high school student can’t solve this problem.
一日いちにちぐらいならまだしも二日ふつか以上いじょう断水だんすいえられない。A one-day water outage would be somewhat acceptable, but more than two days is unbearable.
値段ねだんたかいのはまだしも品質ひんしつわるいのはゆるせない。It’s somewhat acceptable if the price is high, but poor quality is unforgivable.
かねすこりないのはまだしもまったりないのはこまる。It would be somewhat acceptable if there was just a little bit of money missing, but it’s troubling if there’s none at all.
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