"とても" meaning in Japanese

See とても in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: [to̞te̞mo̞] Forms: totemo [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb}} とても • (totemo)
  1. very, exceedingly, awfully
    Sense id: en-とても-ja-adv-yOzhxZ9r
  2. (before a negative form) not at all, at all, by no means
    Sense id: en-とても-ja-adv-GEqfIgrz Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 26 74 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 迚もじゃないが (totemo ja nai ga) (ruby: (とて)) (english: simply cannot), 迚も迚も (totemo totemo) (ruby: (とて), (とて)) (english: (before a negative form) simply cannot)
Synonyms: かなり (kanari), 非常に (hijō ni) (ruby: (), (じょう)), 凄く (sugoku) (ruby: (すご)), 大変 (taihen) (ruby: (たい), (へん)), 大分 (daibu) (ruby: (だい), ()), 随分 (zuibun) (ruby: (ずい), (ぶん)), ずっと (zutto), めちゃ (mecha), めっちゃ (metcha), むちゃ (mucha), むっちゃ (mutcha), (chō) (ruby: (ちょう)), ばり (bari), とっても (tottemo)

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "simply cannot",
      "roman": "totemo ja nai ga",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "迚",
          "とて"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "迚もじゃないが"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "(before a negative form) simply cannot",
      "roman": "totemo totemo",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "迚",
          "とて"
        ],
        [
          "迚",
          "とて"
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      ],
      "word": "迚も迚も"
    }
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
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        {
          "english": "It was very fun.",
          "roman": "Totemo tanoshikatta desu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "楽",
              "たの"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "とても楽しかったです。"
        },
        {
          "english": "It's truly a shame.",
          "roman": "Totemo zannen desu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "残",
              "ざん"
            ],
            [
              "念",
              "ねん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "とても残念です。"
        },
        {
          "english": "It will help greatly.",
          "roman": "Totemo tasukarimasu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "助",
              "たす"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "とても助かります。"
        },
        {
          "english": "loved very much",
          "roman": "totemo aisareteiru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "愛",
              "あい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "とても愛されている"
        }
      ],
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        "very, exceedingly, awfully"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "very",
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        ],
        [
          "exceedingly",
          "exceedingly"
        ],
        [
          "awfully",
          "awfully"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
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        {
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          ],
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        {
          "english": "It's work that I could not possibly do.",
          "roman": "Jibun ni wa totemo dekinai shigotoda.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "自",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "分",
              "ぶん"
            ],
            [
              "仕",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "ごと"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "自分にはとてもできない仕事だ。"
        }
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        "not at all, at all, by no means"
      ],
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        [
          "not at all",
          "not at all"
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        [
          "at all",
          "at all"
        ],
        [
          "by no means",
          "by no means"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(before a negative form) not at all, at all, by no means"
      ],
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      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "other": "とても"
    },
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      "ipa": "[to̞te̞mo̞]"
    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "kanari",
      "word": "かなり"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "hijō ni",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "非",
          "ひ"
        ],
        [
          "常",
          "じょう"
        ]
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      "word": "非常に"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "sugoku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "凄",
          "すご"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "凄く"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "taihen",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大",
          "たい"
        ],
        [
          "変",
          "へん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "大変"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "daibu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大",
          "だい"
        ],
        [
          "分",
          "ぶ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "大分"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zuibun",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "随",
          "ずい"
        ],
        [
          "分",
          "ぶん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "随分"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zutto",
      "word": "ずっと"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mecha",
      "word": "めちゃ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "metcha",
      "word": "めっちゃ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mucha",
      "word": "むちゃ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "mutcha",
      "word": "むっちゃ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "chō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "超",
          "ちょう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "超"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bari",
      "word": "ばり"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "tottemo",
      "word": "とっても"
    }
  ],
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}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "simply cannot",
      "roman": "totemo ja nai ga",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "迚",
          "とて"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "迚もじゃないが"
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      "roman": "totemo totemo",
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          "迚",
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          "迚",
          "とて"
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          "english": "It was very fun.",
          "roman": "Totemo tanoshikatta desu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "楽",
              "たの"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "とても楽しかったです。"
        },
        {
          "english": "It's truly a shame.",
          "roman": "Totemo zannen desu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "残",
              "ざん"
            ],
            [
              "念",
              "ねん"
            ]
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        },
        {
          "english": "It will help greatly.",
          "roman": "Totemo tasukarimasu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "助",
              "たす"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "とても助かります。"
        },
        {
          "english": "loved very much",
          "roman": "totemo aisareteiru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "愛",
              "あい"
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        "very, exceedingly, awfully"
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          "exceedingly",
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          "awfully",
          "awfully"
        ]
      ]
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        {
          "english": "It's work that I could not possibly do.",
          "roman": "Jibun ni wa totemo dekinai shigotoda.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "自",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "分",
              "ぶん"
            ],
            [
              "仕",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "ごと"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "自分にはとてもできない仕事だ。"
        }
      ],
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        "not at all, at all, by no means"
      ],
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        [
          "not at all",
          "not at all"
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        [
          "at all",
          "at all"
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          "by no means",
          "by no means"
        ]
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      ],
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      "other": "とても"
    },
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      "ipa": "[to̞te̞mo̞]"
    }
  ],
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      "roman": "kanari",
      "word": "かなり"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hijō ni",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "非",
          "ひ"
        ],
        [
          "常",
          "じょう"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "roman": "sugoku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "凄",
          "すご"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "凄く"
    },
    {
      "roman": "taihen",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大",
          "たい"
        ],
        [
          "変",
          "へん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "大変"
    },
    {
      "roman": "daibu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "大",
          "だい"
        ],
        [
          "分",
          "ぶ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "大分"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zuibun",
      "ruby": [
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          "随",
          "ずい"
        ],
        [
          "分",
          "ぶん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "随分"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zutto",
      "word": "ずっと"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mecha",
      "word": "めちゃ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "metcha",
      "word": "めっちゃ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mucha",
      "word": "むちゃ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mutcha",
      "word": "むっちゃ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chō",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "超",
          "ちょう"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "超"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bari",
      "word": "ばり"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tottemo",
      "word": "とっても"
    }
  ],
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