少しも

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
少
すこ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

Compound of 少し +‎ も, literally "(not) even a little"

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) すこしも [sùkóꜜshì mò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
(Tokyo) すこしも [sùkóshí mó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [sɨᵝko̞ɕi mo̞]

Adverb edit

少(すこ)しも • (sukoshi mo)

(with negative sentences) anything of, not one bit
Synonyms: 何も, 何等, 全然, ちっとも

あんなに努力(どりょく)したのに少(すこ)しも成果(せいか)が上(あ)がらない
anna ni doryoku shita noni sukoshi mo seika ga agaranai
not even a little progress has been made despite trying so hard

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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