とても — meaning in English

English meaning

• overly adv To an excessive or unnecessary degree.
• so adv To a great or specified extent; very.
• very adv Used before an adjective or adverb to intensify it — to a high degree.

Senses

とても is used for these senses in English:

• by no means (idiomatic) Certainly not; definitely not; not at all.
• overly (sometimes, proscribed) To an excessive degree.
• so Agreeing with actual facts or reality; true.
• so (dated, UK, slang) Homosexual.
• so Very much.
• so Used to connect previous conversation or events to the following question.
• so Used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story, or a new thought or question in continuation of an existing topic.
• so Used as a question to ask for further explanation of something said, often rhetorically or in a dismissive or impolite manner.

so — full definition

1. adv To a great or specified extent; very.
2. adv In the same way as something already mentioned; also.
3. conj Used to introduce a result or consequence.
4. intj Used to introduce a new topic, question, or thought, often after a pause.

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