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N5 — outside your level filter

とても

とてもtotemoN5neutral

very — the top end of a gradable quality + precarious

totemo ayaui

very — the top end of a gradable quality

meaning: is very precarious

Related

  • 危あやうい
  • とても〜
  • とても危あやうい

山やまの上うえは風かぜが強つよくて、とても危あやうい。

yama no ue wa kaze ga tsuyokute, totemo ayaui.

The wind is strong on the mountain and it is very precarious. neutral

この店みせのパン、とてもおいしいよ。

kono mise no pan, totemo oishii yo.

The bread at this place is really good. casual

All examples4

very — a quality at the high end of its scale

  1. 山やまの上うえは風かぜが強つよくて、とても寒さむい。

    yama no ue wa kaze ga tsuyokute, totemo samui.

    The wind is strong on the mountain and it is very cold. neutral

  2. この店みせのパン、とてもおいしいよ。

    kono mise no pan, totemo oishii yo.

    The bread at this place is really good. casual

  3. 図書館としょかんの中なかはとても静しずかでした。

    toshokan no naka wa totemo shizuka deshita.

    It was very quiet inside the library. neutral

  4. 昨日きのうの試合しあい、とても楽たのしかった。

    kinou no shiai, totemo tanoshikatta.

    Yesterday's match was a lot of fun. casual

How it's formed2

All forms1

  • とってもtottemocolloquial

    the emphatic spoken form, warmer and more childlike — とってもうれしい！

Notes

Before a negative of possibility, とても swaps senses (とても信しんじられない
means "I could never believe it"). Formal writing prefers 大変たいへん or
非常ひじょうに instead; とても reads chatty in a business letter.