たとえ～ても・
たとえ～ても・たとえ～でも presents an imagined condition—often a difficult or extreme one—and says that the result, decision, or evaluation will remain unchanged even then.
The imagined condition does not change the outcome
たとえ asks the listener to imagine a particular possibility. The clause then ends in ても or でも, and the following clause gives the decision or result that still holds. The imagined case may be extreme, but it does not have to be impossible.
Common forms
Notice that each first clause presents a possible obstacle, while the second clause remains firm.
Why it sounds emphatic
The speaker is not merely acknowledging a condition. By adding たとえ, the speaker deliberately selects a challenging possibility and states that it will not alter the conclusion. This often gives the sentence a determined or principled tone, though the construction itself is not formal.
An intentionally extreme possibility
たとえ世界中の人に笑われても、私は自分の夢を諦めない。
Even if everyone in the world laughs at me, I will not give up on my dream.
AnalyzeThe exaggerated condition strengthens the speaker's determination; it is not presented as the expected cause of the decision.
Choosing among similar concessive patterns
Bare ても・でも is the broader construction and does not have to highlight the condition as a deliberate hypothesis. Use たとえ～ても・たとえ～でも when you want to say, in effect, “suppose even this happens.” By contrast, どんなに～ても and いくら～ても vary a degree, amount, or extent. Forms such as としても also grant a supposition, but frame it differently and are common in more developed reasoning or discussion.
More examples
たとえ一度失敗しても、方法を変えてまた試せばいい。
Even if you fail once, you can change your approach and try again.
Analyzeたとえ結果が悪くても、挑戦したことには意味がある。
Even if the result is poor, there is value in having tried.
Analyzeたとえ専門家でも、間違えることはある。
Even an expert can make mistakes.
Analyzeたとえ静かでも、この部屋では集中できない。
Even if it is quiet, I cannot concentrate in this room.
Analyzeたとえ返事が来なくても、明日もう一度連絡します。
Even if no reply comes, I will contact them again tomorrow.
Analyzeたとえ百年かかっても、この謎を解きたい。
Even if it takes a hundred years, I want to solve this mystery.
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