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而も

しかも

moreover; what is more; and yet; nevertheless

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Examples

  1. 彼はそれをした、而も彼女のいる前で。

    かれはそれをした、しかもかのじょのいるまえで。

    He did it, and what is more, right in front of her.

  2. この店は安く、而も味がいい。

    このみせはやすく、しかもあじがいい。

    This restaurant is cheap, and the food is good on top of that.

  3. 何度も忠告した。而も彼は聞こうとしなかった。

    なんどもちゅうこくした。しかもかれはきこうとしなかった。

    I warned him again and again, and yet he would not listen.

Common patterns

安くて而もうまい
cheap and tasty as well
而も無料で
and free of charge at that
而もなお
and even so

Memory tip

Two opposite jobs: piling on one more point in the same direction ('and what's more'), or conceding one ('and yet'). Written しかも in kana today; 而 is the classical character, and the related 而して and 然し belong to older prose.

Kanji in this word

  • 而Not in the N5–N1 kanji lists

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