adverb
Literary or old-fashioned adverb emphasizing degree; often used in classical or formal contexts. Modern equivalents include それほど or あれほど.
さしもの英雄も、老いには勝てなかった。
Even such a hero could not overcome old age.
さしもにぎやかだった祭りも、今は静かだ。
The festival, which was so lively, is now quiet.
Refers to a distant or previously mentioned degree; more common than さしも.
Derived from classical Japanese; the exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it combines the demonstrative element さ (that) with the emphatic particle しも.