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Japanese
Pronunciation
Adverb
とても • (totemo)
- very, exceedingly, awfully
- とても楽しかったです。
- Totemo tanoshikatta desu.
- It was very fun.
- とても残念です。
- Totemo zannen desu.
- It's truly a shame.
- とても助かります。
- Totemo tasukarimasu.
- It will help greatly.
- とても愛されている
- totemo aisareteiru
- loved very much
- (before a negative form) not at all, at all, by no means
- 自分にはとてもできない仕事だ。
- Jibun ni wa totemo dekinai shigotoda.
- It's work that I could not possibly do.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- 迚もじゃないが (totemo ja nai ga, “simply cannot”)
- 迚も迚も (totemo totemo, “(before a negative form) simply cannot”)
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