Word · 単語
とも
Reading とも
certainly
- 1 certainly, of course, to be sure, surely
- 2 even if, no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how), though, although — usu. with volitional verb or adj. stem
- 3 without even, without so much as — with neg. verb
- 4 at the (least, earliest, etc.) — after an adverb
- 5 also (called), also as
- 6 well — sometimes esp. an emphatic form of the particle と
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frequency
Not started
Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
例文 · examples
え、そうですとも。
Yes, that is most certainly so.
sense 1 · certainly
何事が起ころうとも。
Whatever may happen.
sense 2 · even if
私は、貧しくとも幸せだ。
I am happy in spite of poverty.
sense 2 · even if
何事があろうとも私は覚悟を決めている。
Whatever may happen, I am prepared for it.
sense 2 · even if
どうあろうとも、私がまちがっております。
However that may be, I am wrong.
sense 2 · even if