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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

Used to emphasize the degree of an adjective or verb, often with a nuance of 'to an extreme extent' or 'surprisingly'. Common in both spoken and written Japanese.

彼かれの説せつ明めいは至いたって分わかりやすかった。
His explanation was extremely easy to understand.
この問もん題だいは至いたって簡かん単たんだ。
This problem is exceedingly simple.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉は至いたって〈形けい容よう詞し〉X is extremely/very [adjective]
彼かれの説せつ明めいは至いたって明めい快かいだった。
His explanation was extremely clear.
至いたって〈形けい容よう詞し〉な〈人ひと〉an extremely [adjective] person/thing
彼かれは至いたって健けん康こうな人ひとだ。
He is an extremely healthy person.

Expressions

に至いたってはwhen it comes to; as for; in the case of

Kanji

至climax, arrive, proceed

Related words

非ひ常じょうにN4
非常に is a formal, objective intensifier usable in almost any context, while 至って carries a subjective or slightly emphatic literary tone.
とてもN4
とても is the common, neutral intensifier used constantly in everyday speech, whereas 至って is rarer and sounds more emphatic or literary.
極きわめてN2
極めて and 至って are both literary-sounding intensifiers, but 極めて is more common in formal writing while 至って often adds a nuance of 'surprisingly so'.
ごくごくN1
至って is a somewhat formal way to say 'extremely' often used with calm or ordinary states, while ごくごく is more casual and emphatic.

Don't confuse with

至いたるN2
至る is the verb 'to reach/arrive' (e.g. 結論に至る), while 至って is a fixed adverb meaning 'very' and no longer functions as that verb's -te form in most modern usage.

Written forms

至いたってUsage26%
Standard kanji spelling; this form has high priority.
いたってUsage74%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the kanji is not needed.

Etymology

Derived from the verb 至る (いたる, 'to reach, to arrive at'), with the て-form used adverbially to mean 'to the point of being...'. The kanji 至 carries the meaning of 'arrive' or 'extreme'.