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► 副詞
とっても  [とっても]  [coll]    meaning:  very  rank: 1
☆ これはとっても美味しいね ⇨ This is very delicious  (☛ A colloquial variation of とても)

とても  [とても]  [liter]    meaning:  very  rank: 1
☆ あのラーメンはとても美味い ⇨ That ramen restaurant is very good

とにかく  [(1)とにかく]  [coll]    meaning:  very  rank: 1
☆ あそこのラーメンはとにかく美味い ⇨ That ramen restaurant is very good for whatever reason  (☛ Implies the speaker don’t know or can’t explain why)

矢鱈  [やたら]  [coll]    meaning:  very  rank: 1
☆ 最近やたらとれる ⇨ I’ve been so tired lately  (☛ Usually implies the speaker doesn’t fully understand why)
☆ オバサンにやたらと人気がある ⇨ He is super popular among older women  (☛ Usually implies the speaker doesn’t fully understand why)

頻り  [しきり]    meaning:  very  rank: 2
☆ 絶好機会してしがること頻りだ ⇨ He is very upset that he missed a golden opportunity  (☛ “~こと頻り”)
☆ は頻りに田舎帰りたがっている ⇨ He is really wanting to go back to his hometown  (☛ Strongly and repeatedly)

いとも  [(1)いとも]  [liter]    meaning:  very  rank: 3
☆ 彼等防衛線をいとも簡単突破した ⇨ The enemy broke through their defense line very easily  (☛ Usually followed by easy, simple, trivial, etc.)

いやに  [(2)いやに]    meaning:  very  rank: 3
☆ 彼女今日はいやに機嫌い ⇨ She seems to be very upbeat today for whatever the reason  (☛ Implies the speaker’s suspicion, confusion, caution, etc.)

大いに  [(1)おおいに]    meaning:  very  rank: 3
☆ その可能性は大いに有る ⇨ There’s a big possibility for that. That’s is very possible

飛び切り  [とびきり]    meaning:  very  rank: 3
☆ 飛び切り新鮮海産物 ⇨ Very fresh seafood  (☛ Always positive quality)

何とも  [(1)なんとも]  [なに+と+も]  [liter]    meaning:  very  rank: 3
☆ 一番肝心腰砕けになるとは何ともけない ⇨ How pathetic that he chickened out when it mattered most
☆ 最初からこうなるとかっていただけに何とも馬鹿らしい ⇨ It is very stupid because we knew this would happen
☆ 発想は何とも御見事だ ⇨ His idea is simply genius

甚だ  [はなはだ]  [liter]    meaning:  very  rank: 3
☆ それは事実と甚だ違う ⇨ That is very different from the truth  (☛ Usually negative quality)
☆ わざとやったなどとわれるのは甚だ心外だ ⇨ I very much resent being accused of having done it deliberately  (☛ Usually negative quality)

  [(2)また]  [coll]    meaning:  very  rank: 3
☆ それは又変なだ ⇨ That’s one very weird story  (☛ Usually implies surprise for unexpectedness)

矢鱈滅多ら  [(4)やたらめったら]  [coll]    meaning:  very  rank: 3
☆ 球場内売店値段はやたらめったらい ⇨ The prices at the ballpark concession stands are super, ridiculously, high  (☛ An alternative form of やたら. Originally a word play of reversing 滅多矢鱈(めったやたら))

甚く  [(2)いたく]  [liter]    meaning:  very  rank: 4
☆ 彼女のことがいたく入ったようだ ⇨ It seems my mother really liked my girlfriend  (☛ Usually about emotions being very strong)

至って  [(2)いたって]    meaning:  very  rank: 4
☆ うちの祖母は至って健康だ ⇨ My grandmother is in a very good health

さして  [(1)さして]  [さして~ない]  [liter]    meaning:  very  rank: 4
☆ 両者にさして大きいはい ⇨ There is no significant difference between the two

ほとほと  [ほとほと]    meaning:  very  rank: 4
☆ かさにはほとほとれた ⇨ I am really fed up with his stupidity  (☛ Usually about long-lasting negative feelings to max out)

滅法  [(3)めっぽう]    meaning:  very  rank: 4
☆ ケンカが滅法強い ⇨ He is a very good fighter  (☛ Usually used with 強い)

► 成句
言う  [(2)いう]  [~と言う~]    meaning:  very  rank: 3
☆ 今度と言う今度さない ⇨ This time after all this time, I won’t forgive him  (☛ Used for time/date word to emphasis the occasion)
☆ 今日と言う今日決着けよう ⇨ Let’s settle this once and for all this very day  (☛ Used for time/date word to emphasis the occasion)

世にも  [(1)よにも]  [liter]    meaning:  very  rank: 4
☆ 世にも不思議 ⇨ A very strange tale  (☛ Usually very strange, unusual, unfathomable, etc.)

► 形容詞
酷い  [(2)ひどい]    meaning:  very  rank: 1
☆ 彼女自分体重をひどくにしている ⇨ She’s very self-conscious about her weight
☆ はひどく内気だ ⇨ He is very shy, timid  (☛ Always negative)
☆ 表面がひどくびている ⇨ The surface is rusted badly  (☛ Always negative)

偉い  [(2)えらい]  [coll]    meaning:  very  rank: 2
☆ は偉くてている様子だった ⇨ It looked like he was in a huge hurry

► 形容動詞
大変  [たいへん]    meaning:  very  rank: 1
☆ に大変な人気だ ⇨ He is very popular among young girls

非常  [ひじょう]  [liter]    meaning:  very  rank: 1
☆ 東京は非常にい ⇨ Summer of Tokyo is very hot
☆ える地球から非常にくに有る ⇨ The stars you see in the sky is very far away from Earth

► 接頭辞
  [おお]    meaning:  very  rank: 2
☆ 事故連絡けては大急ぎで帰った ⇨ I hurriedly went home after receiving news of an accident
☆ 携帯電話見つからなくて大慌てした ⇨ I couldn’t find my cell phone and I freaked out
☆ は大真面目言っているんです ⇨ I’m speaking very seriously

  [(1)とう]    meaning:  very  rank: 2
☆ 当計画は年内完了予定です ⇨ This project is scheduled to be completed by the end of this year
☆ これが当社の製品です ⇨ This is the new product of this very company (= our company)  (☛ Something in question)

► 連体詞
当の  [(1)とうの]    meaning:  very  rank: 3
☆ 当の本人にしていないようだ ⇨ He himself, she herself, doesn’t seem to mind at all  (☛ The very person who is affected by an incident)