とても

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Adverb

とても (totemo

  1. 迚も: very, exceedingly, awfully
    (わたし)とても(さび)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(ひろし)()います。
    “kore wa totemo omoshirosō da ne” to Hiroshi ga iimasu.
    "This looks very interesting," Hiroshi says.
    (よる)とても(あつ)い。
    Yoru, totemo atsui.
    It's awfully hot at night.
    メアリーはとても綺麗(きれい)(おんな)()です。
    Mearī wa totemo kirei na onna no ko desu.
    Mary is a very pretty girl.
  2. 迚も: (before a negative form) not at all, at all, by no means
    (わたし)とてもそれができない。
    Watashi wa totemo sore ga dekinai.
    I cannot possibly do it.

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References

  1. ^ 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