► 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
☆ あのラーメン屋はとても美味い ⇨ That ramen restaurant is very good
とにかく [(1)とにかく] [coll] meaning: very rank: 1
☆ あそこのラーメン屋はとにかく美味い ⇨ 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
☆ 最近やたらと疲れる ⇨ I’ve been so tired lately (☛ Usually implies the speaker doesn’t fully understand why)
☆ 彼はオバサン達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
☆ 彼は絶好の機会を逃して悔しがること頻りだ ⇨ He is very upset that he missed a golden opportunity (☛ “~こと頻り”)
☆ 彼は頻りに田舎に帰りたがっている ⇨ 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
☆ 敵は彼等の防衛線をいとも簡単に突破した ⇨ 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
☆ 彼女は今日はいやに機嫌が良い ⇨ 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
☆ 飛び切り新鮮な海産物 ⇨ Very fresh seafood (☛ Always positive quality)
何とも [(1)なんとも] [なに+と+も] [liter] meaning: very rank: 3
☆ 一番肝心な時に腰砕けになるとは何とも情けない ⇨ How pathetic that he chickened out when it mattered most
☆ 最初からこうなると分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
☆ 彼の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言われるのは甚だ心外だ ⇨ I very much resent being accused of having done it deliberately (☛ Usually negative quality)
又 [(2)また] [coll] meaning: very rank: 3
☆ それは又変な話だ ⇨ 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
☆ 球場内の売店の値段はやたらめったら高い ⇨ 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
☆ 母は僕の彼女のことがいたく気に入ったようだ ⇨ 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
☆ 両者の間にさして大きな違いは無い ⇨ There is no significant difference between the two
ほとほと [ほとほと] meaning: very rank: 4
☆ 彼の愚かさにはほとほと疲れた ⇨ 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
☆ 彼はケンカが滅法強い ⇨ 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
☆ 今度と言う今度は許さない ⇨ This time after all this time, I won’t forgive him (☛ Used for time/date word to emphasis the occasion)
☆ 今日と言う今日は決着を付けよう ⇨ 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
☆ 世にも不思議な話 ⇨ A very strange tale (☛ Usually very strange, unusual, unfathomable, etc.)
► 形容詞
酷い [(2)ひどい] meaning: very rank: 1
☆ 彼女は自分の体重をひどく気にしている ⇨ She’s very self-conscious about her weight
☆ 彼はひどく内気だ ⇨ He is very shy, timid (☛ Always negative)
☆ 表面がひどく錆びている ⇨ The surface is rusted badly (☛ Always negative)
偉い [(2)えらい] [coll] meaning: very rank: 2
☆ 彼は偉く慌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
☆ 彼は若い女の子に大変な人気だ ⇨ He is very popular among young girls
非常 [ひじょう] [liter] meaning: very rank: 1
☆ 東京の夏は非常に暑い ⇨ Summer of Tokyo is very hot
☆ 空に見える星は地球から非常に遠くに有る ⇨ The stars you see in the sky is very far away from Earth
► 接頭辞
大 [おお] meaning: very rank: 2
☆ 事故の連絡を受けて私は大急ぎで家に帰った ⇨ I hurriedly went home after receiving news of an accident
☆ 携帯電話が見つからなくて大慌てした ⇨ I couldn’t find my cell phone and I freaked out
☆ 私は大真面目で言っているんです ⇨ I’m speaking very seriously
当 [(1)とう] meaning: very rank: 2
☆ 当計画は年内に完了の予定です ⇨ This project is scheduled to be completed by the end of this year
☆ これが当社の新製品です ⇨ 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
☆ 当の本人は全く気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)