助詞「も」. Used with nouns and phrases to indicate "also".
Questions tagged [particle-も]
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Odd use of も has me stumped 「ソウルにいるのも今夜きりです」
So I'm working through Makino and Tsutsui's Dictionary of Advanced Japanese Grammar, and I came across this sentence:
ソウルにいるのも今夜きりです。
This is my last night left in Seoul.
The entry is about teaching きり, which I understand just fine. What I can't…
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かわりもしますよ what is the meaning of this も?
I usually do not ask a question here unless after trying multiple times I am still stumped and admit defeat.
I understand that かわりもしない would mean "has not changed even a single bit" putting emphasize on the verb as part of the negative, but I do not…
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Particle「も」in the sentence 「夏休みももう終わりだ」。
So, I'm quite a novice, and I'm having some difficulty parsing the sentence:
「 夏休{なつやす}みももう終{お}わりだ。」
I "understand" it means "Summer vacation's already over". I also understand 夏休み means summer vacation.
At this point, I am speculating, so please…
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volitional + nimo 作ろう＋にも?
What does the 「にも」 after the volitional form 「作る」 do here?
死んだら食べ物は必要ないし、死んでるんだから、物は当然産まれない。作ろうにも材料も何もないし。 がっかりさせて悪いけど、天国にはね、何にもないのよ。(『この素晴らしい世界に祝福を』シリーズ、第一巻)
I would assume it means something close to "in order to" but I'm not entirely sure.
I…
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だれでも楽しむ corrected to だれもが楽しむ. Why?
A Japanese learner I know had written a sentence that contained the phrase 「日本の文化はだれでも楽しむものじゃないか？」, however this was corrected to 「日本の文化はだれもが楽しむものじゃないか？」 by a native speaker. Based on the explanations about 疑問詞 elsewhere on this site (such as here,…
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The meaning of 殺しても殺したりねぇ
I found this in a video game. It says 「殺しても【ころしても】殺したりねぇ【ころしたりねぇ】」. So, my rough estimate was "Even killing (you) won't kill you". Is this correct? Also, what type of sentence is this?
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さえ: How to use it?
What is the difference between the sentences below:
ビショップさえ取ればいいよ。
ビショップを取りさえすればいいよ。
I also saw on a site that でさえ is the same as さえ in a sentence like 子供さえわかる. But isn't で the 連用形 of だ? I would translate the sentence as below:
これは子供でさえわかるだろう :…
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Why does も move in sentences involving だれも etc
丸尾君はだれに頼まれたわけでもないのに、ひとりで教室の拭きそうじをしていた。
Although it's not the case that Maruo was asked by anyone, he did the classroom cleaning by himself.
...わけではない = It's not the case that ...
だれも = anyone
I'm confused as to how these merge together into the…
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The use of でも and ででも in this sentence
A: あ……えっと……何か手伝うことは、ありますか？
B: ん？ あぁ、この辺はドシロウトにできるこっちゃないからな。 邪魔にならねぇように先にメシでも食って、後は舞台袖ででも大人しくしてな
Pretty much in general でも and ても don't sit well in my mind. There have been a lot of times I see them in a context in which they don't make sense to me…
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も particle after an adverb
I know that も particle can be used in place of は、が、を. And it means "in addition", "also".
What function does it have in this adverb "不運にも"?
Should we treat it as a separate word here?
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What is the difference between 〜るも and 〜ても
In grammar textbooks I see the 〜ても pattern clearly defined, but recently I've encountered a similar usage of も that I can't find a good explanation for. Here are two examples:
国民栄誉賞を打診されるもこれを固辞
(from the monologue at the start of a 僕のヒーローアカデミア…
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"10倍もの" vs "10倍の"
Good afternoon all,
I understand that "X倍の" means "X times of", however sometimes I see the phrase "X倍もの" and I was wondering what it means.
For example, in the sentence:
人間の脳には、約140億の神経細胞と、その10倍もの、神経細胞を支持する細胞があります。
I was wondering what's the…
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What is this 「も」?
In Final Fantasy IV, a character says this line:
陛下にもお考えがあってのことだ。
"His Majesty must have his reasons [for sending you to steal the crystal]."
Contextually, it does not make sense for it to be "His Majesty must also have his reasons." or "Even…
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Understanding the も in 見るも
その日。彼女のもとに、招かれざる客が現れた。
見るも巨大な鉄の塊。長い手足の歪な人型。
そんな異形共が、彼女の領域を侵したのである。
What would be the function of the bold も?
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Difference between も and だって
Both of those particles can mean "too", "even" or "any" (when used with wh-question). Do they have any difference in meaning or connotation when used like this? E.g. 私もフランスに行きたい vs 私だってフランスに行きたい.
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