とても

Japanese

Alternative spelling
迚も

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) とても [tòtémó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [to̞te̞mo̞]

Adverb

とても • (totemo) 

  1. very, exceedingly, awfully
    とても楽(たの)しかったです。
    Totemo tanoshikatta desu.
    It was very fun.
    とても残(ざん)念(ねん)です。
    Totemo zannen desu.
    It's truly a shame.
    とても助(たす)かります。
    Totemo tasukarimasu.
    It will help greatly.
    とても愛(あい)されている
    totemo aisareteiru
    loved very much
  2. (before a negative form) not at all, at all, by no means
    自(じ)分(ぶん)にはとてもできない仕(し)事(ごと)だ。
    Jibun ni wa totemo dekinai shigotoda.
    It's work that I could not possibly do.

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 迚(とて)もじゃないが (totemo ja nai ga, “simply cannot”)
  • 迚(とて)も迚(とて)も (totemo totemo, “(before a negative form) simply cannot”)

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
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