とんと

[eb2114]

I've been reading a couple of Japanese folk tales lately, mostly to see how good my grammar skills are, and I've come across this phrase fairly often: "とんと昔あったと"

I've got most of it figured out, but I can't find a definition for とんと. Does anybody know what it means?

[njt]

eb2114 wrote:
I've been reading a couple of Japanese folk tales lately, mostly to see how good my grammar skills are, and I've come across this phrase fairly often: "とんと昔あったと"

I've got most of it figured out, but I can't find a definition for とんと. Does anybody know what it means?

entirely; quite ((forget)); 《否定》((not)) at all; never.
Taken from
http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/search.php? ... t=0&mode=0
A very good dictionary
hope that helped .

[eb2114]

ああ、どもありがとございます。

And you're right, that is a very good dictionary (definitely better than my thin little beginner's dictionary).