最も

Japanese

Kanji in this term
最
もっと Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) も​っとも [móꜜttòmò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) もっと​も [mòttóꜜmò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [mo̞t̚to̞mo̞]

Adverb

最(もっと)も or 最も(adverb) • (mottomo or adverb) [[Category:Japanese
|もっとも]]

1. most, -est
   • 1904, 河口慧海, チベット旅行記:

     例(れい)の美(うつく)しい小僧(こぞう)が最(もっと)も忙(いそが)しく最(もっと)も収入(しゅうにゅう)の多(おお)い時(とき)だそうです。

     Rei no utsukushii kozō ga mottomo isogashiku mottomo shūnyū no ōi toki da sō desu.

     It's apparently when that handsome youngster is the most busy and has the largest earnings.

Synonyms

• 一番(いちばん) (ichiban)

Related terms

• 尤(もっと)も (mottomo, “although; plausible, natural; naturally, for good reason”)
• もっと (motto, “more”)