尤も

Japanese

Kanji in this term
もっと
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

  • (honorific) 御尤(ごもっと) (go-mottomo)

Pronunciation

Adjective

(もっと) • (mottomo-na (adnominal (もっと) (mottomo na), adverbial (もっと) (mottomo ni))

  1. natural, understandable
    Synonym: 当然

Inflection

Adverb

(もっと) • (mottomo

  1. for good reason, naturally

Conjunction

(もっと) • (mottomo

  1. but then, though (of course), though (in fact), although

Noun

(もっと) • (mottomo

  1. something quite right, plausible, understandable

References

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