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Japanese
Pronunciation
Adverb
とても • (totemo)
- 迚も: very, exceedingly, awfully
- 私はとても寂しい。
- Watashi wa totemo sabishii.
- I'm very lonely.
- 「これはとてもおもしろそうだね」と博が言います。
- “kore wa totemo omoshirosō da ne” to Hiroshi ga iimasu.
- "This looks very interesting," Hiroshi says.
- 夜、とても暑い。
- Yoru, totemo atsui.
- It's awfully hot at night.
- メアリーはとても綺麗な女の子です。
- Mearī wa totemo kirei na onna no ko desu.
- Mary is a very pretty girl.
- 迚も: (before a negative form) not at all, at all, by no means
- 私はとてもそれができない。
- Watashi wa totemo sore ga dekinai.
- I cannot possibly do it.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- 迚もじゃないが (totemo janai ga, “simply cannot”)
- 迚も迚も (totemo totemo, “(before a negative form) simply cannot”)
References