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世にも (よにも) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

世よにも

よ

に

も

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Meanings

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adverb

extremely; very; truly

Emphatic adverb often used before adjectives or descriptive phrases to mean 'extremely' or 'truly'. Common in literary or expressive contexts.

それは世よにも美うつくしい景色けしきだった。
It was an extremely beautiful view.
世よにも不ふ思し議ぎな話はなしを聞きいた。
I heard a very strange story.

Kanji

世generation, world, society

Similar words

非ひ常じょうに
非常に is a more common and neutral intensifier; 世にも carries a slightly more dramatic or literary feel.
とても
とても is the most basic 'very' in everyday speech; 世にも is more emphatic and less frequent in casual conversation.

Etymology

Compound of 世 (yo, 'world') + に (ni, particle) + も (mo, 'even'), literally 'even in the world'. The exact historical derivation of the intensifying sense is uncertain, but it likely developed from a rhetorical expression meaning 'in the whole world'.