► 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:
- 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
- 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
- 出された料理はとても食える代物ではなかった ⇨ The food served was not something you could eat
- 彼女は今とても売れている ⇨ She is very successful, popular, now
- このプログラムはとても複雑だ ⇨ This program is very complex
- 時間が過ぎるのがとても早く感じる ⇨ It feels time passes so quickly
- 子供の頃苛められてとても嫌な思いをした ⇨ When I was a child I had a horrible experience getting bullied
- 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
- 大丈夫かとても気になる ⇨ I’m really worried if things are OK
- そんな端金ではとても足りない ⇨ That chump change is not even close to be enough
- 私はこのソフトの全ての機能はとても使いこなせない ⇨ There is no way I can make full use of all the functionalities of this software
- それはあなたにとってはどうでも良いかもしれないが、私にとってはとても大切だ ⇨ For you it might not mean anything, but for me it is very important
- 彼女は若いながらとてもしっかりしている ⇨ Even though she is still young she is very mature
- とても手触りの良い生地 ⇨ A fabric very nice to touch
- 彼女はとても刺々しい言い方をした ⇨ She talked with a very acerbic tone