ながらも details
write + though
kaki nagara mo
though; even while — a restrained, one-subject concession
meaning: despite writing
危険だと知りながらも、彼はその仕事を引き受けた。
kiken da to shiri nagara mo, kare wa sono shigoto o hikiuketa.
He took on the job, despite knowing it was dangerous. neutral
給料は安いながらも、この仕事、結構好きなんだ。
kyuuryou wa yasui nagara mo, kono shigoto, kekkou suki na n da.
The pay's low, but I actually kind of like this job. casual
Examples
though; despite — one subject holds a fact or state, and acts against what it would suggest
危険だと知りながらも、彼はその仕事を引き受けた。
kiken da to shirinagaramo, kare wa sono shigoto o hikiuketa.
He took on the job, despite knowing it was dangerous. neutral
給料は安いながらも、この仕事、結構好きなんだ。
kyuuryou wa yasui nagara mo, kono shigoto, kekkou suki na n da.
The pay's low, but I actually kind of like this job. casual
当社は小さな会社でありながらも、独自の技術を持っております。
tousha wa chiisana kaisha de ari nagara mo, dokuji no gijutsu o motte orimasu.
Though we are a small company, we possess our own proprietary technology. formal
Formation
{V-masu-stem}ながらもattaches to ます-stemi-adj + ながらも (狭いながらも)attaches to i-adjectivena-adj + ながらも (静かながらも)attaches to na-adjective{N}でありながらもattaches to noun
Notes
writer or speaker uses ながらも about their OWN circumstance as easily as
someone else's (小さいながらも頑張る "small but trying hard").
Related patterns
Similar
ながらも concedes a fact with restraint, sometimes even humility (若[わか]いながらも頑張[がんば]った); くせに voices open contempt at the subject for failing to act as the fact implies (若いくせに生意気[なまいき]だ) — swap くせに in for ながらも and a modest concession turns into an insult.
Lookalikes
ながら alone simply joins two simultaneous actions by one subject, with no concessive charge (音楽[おんがく]を聞[き]きながら勉強[べんきょう]する); adding も tips it into concession, "even while/though" (体調[たいちょう]が悪[わる]いながらも出社[しゅっしゃ]した) — dropping the も turns a concession into a bare simultaneity claim, understating that the speaker found it noteworthy.