also: とっても
Standard intensifier for adjectives, adverbs, and verbs. The variant とっても is more emphatic and colloquial.
It's very hot today.
彼はとても親切な人だ。
He is a very kind person.
(not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
Used before a negative form to express strong impossibility or denial. Often translated as 'can't possibly' or 'not at all'.
この問題はとても解けない。
I simply cannot solve this problem.
彼の気持ちはとても理解できない。
I can't understand his feelings at all.
This cake is very delicious.
There's simply no way I can finish that much work.
He was very pleased.
とても can appear in positive or negative sentences, whereas 到底 is used only with a negative predicate and sounds stronger and more formal.
とても is the ordinary, everyday word for “very,” while 大層 sounds formal or old-fashioned in comparison.
とても is the standard, polite intensifier used in any register, while めっちゃ is a casual, emphatic equivalent typical of informal speech.
とても is the standard modern word for 'very', which is the meaning てんで carries only in its rare, dialectal affirmative use.
とても is a neutral, everyday intensifier for any degree, while 酷く carries a negative or extreme connotation.
とても is a neutral intensifier meaning 'very', while 随分 often adds a nuance of surprise or unexpectedness at the degree involved.
とても is the everyday intensifier for 'very', while それは is used more for emphatic, exclamatory degree, often before an adjective in reaction to something.
とても is the modern standard intensifier meaning 'very', while いと is its archaic/poetic equivalent found in classical Japanese literature.
とても is a neutral intensifier meaning 'very', while やけに adds a subjective sense of surprise or unreasonableness to the degree.
とても is the standard intensifier used with adjectives and adverbs, while うんと is more casual and typically emphasizes verbs or degree comparisons.
とても is a straightforward intensifier meaning 'very', whereas なかなか can be milder or evaluative, and also appears in the negative pattern なかなか〜ない which とても cannot form.
とても is the common everyday word for 'very', while 非常に is more formal and often used in writing or serious contexts.
とても is the everyday, general-purpose word for 'very', whereas 大いに is a bit more emphatic and literary, often paired with verbs of action or feeling.
とても is the everyday, casual intensifier, while ごく sounds more formal or literary and often modifies set phrases like ごく普通.
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.
とても is the everyday, casual intensifier, whereas ことのほか is used in more formal or written contexts to express the same 'extremely' meaning.
とても is the plain, everyday word for 'very', whereas 世にも is a rarer, more emphatic literary intensifier often paired with striking adjectives.
とても is a common, neutral intensifier ('very') used in everyday speech, while 極めて is formal and emphatic, closer to 'extremely'.
とても is the neutral, standard intensifier taught in textbooks, while 凄い/すごく is more emphatic, colloquial, and can sound exaggerated.
とても is a general intensifier for adjectives ('very'), while 何とも in its emphatic sense usually appears with expressions of inability to describe, like 何とも言えない.
とても is the casual, everyday word for 'very', while すこぶる is stiffer and used mainly in writing or formal speech.
とても is the everyday, generic word for 'very', whereas ごくごく specifically emphasizes an extreme degree in a more colloquial register.
Rarely used kanji form; learners should use kana.