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Grammar list

ことあろ

(Koto mo aro u ni)

of all things / unbelievably / of all places.

Connection rules

  • こともあろうに + noun / main clause.
  • Disbelief / criticism — 'of all things, they chose X'.
  • Literary fixed phrase — rare in casual speech.

Examples

1.
ことあろちち誕生たんじょうわすしまっ

Koto mo aro u ni, chichi no tanjou bi o wasure te shima ta.

Of all things, I forgot my father's birthday.

of all things / unbelievably / of all places

2.
ことあろかれそこころ

Koto mo aro u ni, kare wa soko de koron da.

Of all places, he fell there.

of all things / unbelievably / of all places

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