► 副詞
とても [とても] meaning: no way rank: 1
☆ それだけではとても足りない ⇨ That much is not even close to be enough
☆ それを今日中にやるなんてとても無理だ ⇨ There is no way we could get it done today
☆ 彼が殺人犯だとはとても信じられない ⇨ I can no way believe he is a murderer
とても [とても] [liter] meaning: very rank: 1
☆ あのラーメン屋はとても美味い ⇨ That ramen restaurant is very good
► 成句
とても [(1)とても] [liter] meaning: even rank: 4
☆ 彼とても十人を相手に戦っては勝てない ⇨ Even he won’t be able to win fighting against ten
More examples:
- 今年は観光客の出足がとても悪い ⇨ The turnout of the tourists has been very low this year
- 何故誰も気が付かなかったのかとても不思議だ ⇨ I really wonder why nobody noticed it
- どういう訳かあの二人はとても気が合う ⇨ For some reason those two get along famously
- 彼は有名だがとても謙虚だ ⇨ He is famous but very humble
- 彼はとても男前だ ⇨ He is very handsome
- 彼女は今とても売れている ⇨ She is very successful, popular, now
- この問題はなまじっかな知識ではとても対応出来ない ⇨ There is no way you can deal with this issue with some half-baked knowledge
- その事は今思い返してもとても感慨深い ⇨ It still fills me with a lot of emotions when I think back on it now
- この勉強会はとても有益だった ⇨ This study group was very beneficial
- 時間が過ぎるのがとても早く感じる ⇨ It feels time passes so quickly
- 仕事が多すぎてとても消化しきれない ⇨ I have too much work and it is impossible to get them all done
- 井戸は昔の人にはとても馴染み深いものだった ⇨ Water wells were very familiar to people in the past
- 私は不器用で楽器などとても弾けない ⇨ I am very clumsy with my hands and no way I can play any instruments
- 彼女はとても感じの良い人だ ⇨ She seems like a very nice person
- 彼女は美人ではないが、とても愛嬌がある ⇨ She’s not a beauty, but has a very lovely personality