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迚も

とても

very; awfully; exceedingly; (with a negative) by no means; not possibly

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Examples

  1. 今日は迚も寒い。

    きょうはとてもさむい。

    It's very cold today.

  2. この雨の中を外出することは迚もできないことです。

    このあめのなかをがいしゅつすることはとてもできないことです。

    Going out in this rain is simply out of the question.

  3. その値段では迚も手が出ない。

    そのねだんではとてもてがでない。

    At that price it's completely beyond me.

  4. 皆さんに会えて迚も嬉しかったです。

    みなさんにあえてとてもうれしかったです。

    I was very glad to meet you all.

Common patterns

とても〜ない
cannot possibly ...
とても嬉しい
very happy
とても間に合わない
there's no way we'll make it

Memory tip

Two readings of the same adverb: with a positive predicate it simply intensifies, but paired with a negative it means 'not by any means', which is the harder N1 use. The kanji 迚 is effectively obsolete — write とても.

Kanji in this word

  • 迚Not in the N5–N1 kanji lists

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