"でも" meaning in Japanese

See でも in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Conjunction

IPA: [de̞ mo̞] Forms: de mo [romanization]
Etymology: で (de, “at; in”) + も (mo, “even; too”) Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|で|も|t1=at; in|t2=even; too|tr1=de|tr2=mo}} で (de, “at; in”) + も (mo, “even; too”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|conjunction|で も}} でも • (de mo)
  1. (informal) but, however Tags: informal Related terms (but): ただし (tadashi)
    Sense id: en-でも-ja-conj-hLMJpaam
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese particles, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese particles: 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 0 0 0 0

Particle

IPA: [de̞ mo̞] Forms: de mo [romanization]
Etymology: で (de, “at; in”) + も (mo, “even; too”) Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|で|も|t1=at; in|t2=even; too|tr1=de|tr2=mo}} で (de, “at; in”) + も (mo, “even; too”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|particle|で も}} でも • (de mo)
  1. even
    Sense id: en-でも-ja-particle-7DgGPIgf
  2. also in
    Sense id: en-でも-ja-particle-0Q13Erf9
  3. or
    Sense id: en-でも-ja-particle-cXVRejcL
  4. or something
    Sense id: en-でも-ja-particle-VLy5k0Rf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese particles, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese particles: 0 0 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 0 0 0 0

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for でも meaning in Japanese (5.1kB)

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          "english": "Did you think I wouldn't notice or something?",
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