とても
Appearance
Japanese
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迚も |
Alternative forms
[edit]- とっても (tottemo)
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- very, exceedingly, awfully
- (before a negative form) not at all, at all, by no means
Synonyms
[edit]- かなり (kanari)
- 非常に (hijō ni)
- 凄く (sugoku)
- 大変 (taihen)
- 大分 (daibu)
- 随分 (zuibun)
- ずっと (zutto)
- めちゃ (mecha), めっちゃ (metcha)
- むちゃ (mucha), むっちゃ (mutcha)
- 超 (chō)
- ばり (bari)
Derived terms
[edit]- 迚もじゃないが (totemo ja nai ga, “simply cannot”)
- 迚も迚も (totemo totemo, “(before a negative form) simply cannot”)
References
[edit]- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN