► 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:
- 大丈夫かとても気になる ⇨ I’m really worried if things are OK
- 我々の戦力では彼等にはとても太刀打ち出来ない ⇨ We won’t come close to compete with them with what we have now
- その名前は現在はとても古めかしく感じる ⇨ That name sounds very old-fashioned today
- 彼女はとても痩せている ⇨ She is very thin
- その車は高過ぎてとても手が出ない ⇨ That car is too expensive and I can’t afford it
- 審判の採点がとても辛い ⇨ The scoring by the judges are very critical, not generous
- 彼等の友情はとても固い ⇨ Their friendship is very strong
- 猫は動きがとても素早い ⇨ Cats are very quick and agile
- 専門家にも難しいのに、況んや素人にはとても無理だ ⇨ It’s difficult for experts, so it’s obviously impossible for amateurs
- 彼はとても男前だ ⇨ He is very handsome
- 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
- ある意味では彼はとても幸運だった ⇨ In a certain sense, way, he was very lucky
- 彼は体操選手にしては背がとても高い ⇨ He is very tall for a gymnast
- 彼は有名だがとても謙虚だ ⇨ He is famous but very humble
- 彼女は体重のことをとても気にしている ⇨ She is very sensitive about her weight