とても

とても

Japanese

Alternative forms

• とっても (tottemo)

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

とても (rōmaji totemo)

1. 迚も: very, exceedingly, awfully

   私 (わたし)はとても寂 (さび)しい。

   Watashi wa totemo sabishii.

   I'm very lonely.

   「これはとてもおもしろそうだね」と博 (ひろし)が言 (い)います。

   “kore wa totemo omoshirosō da ne” to Hiroshi ga iimasu.

   "This looks very interesting," Hiroshi says.

   夜 (よる)、とても暑 (あつ)い。

   Yoru, totemo atsui.

   It's awfully hot at night.

   メアリーはとても綺 (き)麗 (れい)な女 (おんな)の子 (こ)です。

   Mearī wa totemo kirei na onna no ko desu.

   Mary is a very pretty girl.

2. 迚も: (before a negative form) not at all, at all, by no means

   私 (わたし)はとてもそれができない。

   Watashi wa totemo sore ga dekinai.

   I cannot possibly do it.

Synonyms

• かなり (kanari)
• 非 (ひ)常 (じょう)に (hijō ni)
• 凄 (すご)く (sugoku)
• 大変 (たいへん) (taihen)
• 大分 (だいぶ) (daibu)
• 随分 (ずいぶん) (zuibun)
• ずっと (zutto)
• めちゃ (mecha), めっちゃ (metcha)
• むちゃ (mucha), むっちゃ (mutcha)
• 超 (ちょう) (chō)
• ばり (bari)

Derived terms

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

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN