JLPT N2Spoken and writtenAdding a point

しかもwhat's more; and … at that

You have said one thing, and you add a second that makes it more striking: "what's more", "and … at that". Good with good, or bad with bad.

good on good

このホテルは駅えきに近ちかい。しかも、朝ちょう食しょくが無む料りょうだ。

This hotel is close to the station. What's more, breakfast is free.

bad on bad

この薬くすりは苦にがいし、しかも一いち日にちに四よん回かいも飲のまなければならない。

This medicine is bitter, and what's more, you have to take it four times a day.

How to form it

Sentence。しかも、+ one more point

It opens the new sentence, usually with a comma after it. Inside one sentence it follows a て-form or し: 簡かん単たんで、しかも無む料りょう.

In use

Neither stiff nor casual: you hear it in conversation and read it in reviews and the news.

このアプリは操そう作さが簡かん単たんで、しかも無む料りょうで使つかえる。

This app is easy to use, and what's more, it's free.

この机つくえは丈じょう夫ぶだ。しかも、重おもさは三さんキロしかない。

This desk is sturdy. What's more, it weighs only three kilograms.

A

この店みせ、いつも混こんでいるね。

This place is always crowded, isn't it?

B

うん。しかも、今日きょうは一いち時じ間かん待まちだって。

Yeah. And today it's an hour's wait, they say.

しかも, その上うえ or それに?

この店みせは安やすい。しかも、おいしい。

This place is cheap. What's more, the food is good.

Cheap would be enough. Cheap and good is worth telling people about.

それにN4

The everyday word for the same job.

この店みせは安やすい。それに、おいしい。

This place is cheap. And the food is good, too.

その上うえN3

The same as それに, a step stiffer, and more at home in writing.

この店みせは安やすい。その上うえ、おいしい。

This place is cheap. On top of that, the food is good.

And … at that

しかも can add just a detail of the same thing, the one that makes it remarkable. それに and その上うえ need a second point.

彼かの女じょは司し法ほう試し験けんに合ごう格かくした。しかも、一いっ回かいで。

She passed the bar exam. And at the first attempt, at that.

また遅ち刻こく？しかも、一いち時じ間かんも。

Late again? And by a whole hour, at that.

It isn't しかし

It looks like しかし, "however", and does the opposite: the second point goes the same way as the first.

Close neighbours

おまけにN2

Casual. It piles one more thing on, most often a complaint.

寒さむいし、おまけに雨あめまで降ふってきた。

It's cold, and to top it all, it has started raining.

Check yourself

1Which one fits?

兄あにはマラソンを完かん走そうした。（　　）、初はじめての挑ちょう戦せんで。

Choose an answer to see why.

2Which one fits?

今朝けさは寝ね坊ぼうした。（　　）、財さい布ふまで忘わすれてきた。

Choose an answer to see why.

More sentences

彼かれの説せつ明めいは正せい確かくで、しかも初しょ心しん者しゃにも分わかりやすい。

His explanations are accurate and, what's more, easy for beginners to follow.

その仕し事ごとは責せき任にんが重おもく、しかも締しめ切きりが厳きびしい。

That job carries a lot of responsibility, and what's more, the deadlines are tight.

私わたしたちは予よ約やくなしで入はいれたし、しかも窓まど側がわの席せきに案あん内ないされた。

We got in without a reservation, and what's more, we were shown to a window seat.

その選せん手しゅは速はやい。しかも、最さい後ごまでほとんど疲つかれを見みせない。

That athlete is fast. What's more, they hardly look tired even at the very end.

Compared with similar forms

"And", "also", "what's more": joining sentences