何より

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
なに
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Literally "more ... than anything".

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(なに)より (nani yori

  1. best; above all; the most important; nothing better
    順調(じゅんちょう)そうで(なに)よりです。
    Junchō sō de nani yori desu.
    I am glad to see that things are going well.
    • 1906, 伊藤左千夫, 野菊の墓[1], 青空文庫:
      この日初(ひはじ)めて民子(たみこ)(おんな)として(おも)ったのが、(ぼく)邪念(じゃねん)萌芽(めざし)ありし(なに)より証拠(しょうこ)じゃ。
      Kono hi hajimete Tamiko o onna to shite omotta no ga, boku ni janen no mezashi arishi nani yori no shōko ja.
      That I thought of Tamiko as a woman today for the first time was proof above all else that impure thoughts had sprouted within me.

Adverb

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(なに)より (nani yori

  1. above all; more than anything else
    (なに)より(たの)しい(なに)よりも(たの)しい
    nani yori tanoshii / nani yori mo tanoshii
    more fun than anything else

Usage notes

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  • Can be used in the form (なに)より (nani yori mo).

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN