~てもみない is an expression to emphasise surprise or unexpectedness. It is usually used in the past tense and that means “one has never thought …”
晴
Today’s #kanji is 晴, which is a casual version of 睛. It is listed under its semantic element of #にちへん(日). Its phonetic element is 靑.
~てもよろしいですか
~てもよろしいですか or ~てもよろしいでしょうか is a more formal and more polite way of saying ~てもいいですか (May I ~?). Check its usage and how to respond here.
~てもはじまらない
はじまらない is the negative of the intransitive verb はじまる, to begin or to start, so ~てもはじまらない literally means “even if ~, nothing will start.”
探
Today’s #kanji is 探, listed under its semantic element of #てへん. 深 used to be written differently. I cannot display its phonetic element as not used in Japanese.
~てもしかたがない
~てもしかたがない or ~てもしょうがない is one of the very common phrases Japanese people use. Do you know what it means? Check it out here.
~てもかまわない
~てもかまわない is used in 2 different meaning. One is a politer version of ~てもいい and the other one is “It doesn’t matter.” Check the usage here.
抱
Today’s #kanji is 抱, which is listed under the radical of #てへん(扌). My dictionary says its semantic element was originally 衣 and phonetic element is 包.
~ても・・・なくても
~ても is used twice to convey “the result would be the same even if different conditions are met.” ~ても、…なくても is for “the result is the same whether or not ~.”
~ても・・・ても
~ても means “even if ~.” We sometimes use ~ても twice to convey the feeling that “the result would be the same even if different conditions are met.”
招
Today’s #kanji is 招, which is listed under its semantic element of #てへん(扌). Its phonetic element is 召 and it has the meaning of “to call” or “to invite.”
~てみると/~てみたら
~てみると can describe an action that we do without thinking about the outcome which is expressed in the latter half of the sentence. ~てみたら is almost the same.
~てはじめて
はじめて means “for the first time.” It can be used after a てform and that means “for the first time after ~” or “… not until ~.”
捕
Today’s #kanji is 捕, which is listed under its semantic element of #てへん(扌). Its phonetic element is 甫, which means to tie or bound.
~たものだ
~たものだ is very similar to the English phrase “used to ~.” It is used for a custom and/or habit in the past which is no longer current.
~てはいけないから…/~といけないから…
~てはいけないから… is a combination of two grammar points ~てはいけない (must not) and ~から (because) and it means “in order to avoid ~.”
打
Today’s #kanji is 打, which is listed under its semantic element of #てへん(扌). Its phonetic element is 丁, though 打 and 丁 don’t quite share a sound.
~てしょうがない
~てしょうがない is similar to ~てならない and is used when you have such a strong feeling or when a situation is so compelling that and cannot help but doing/feeling ~.
~てからでないと
~てからでないと states an important condition that needs to be fulfilled before the action/condition stated in the second part of the sentence to occur.
折
Today’s #kanji is 折, which is listed under the radical of #てへん(扌). 折’s original form, 㪿, is a compound ideograph. Check the details here.