最も

Japanese

Kanji in this term
最
もっと Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) もっとも [móꜜttòmò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
(Tokyo) もっとも [mòttóꜜmò] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [mo̞t̚to̞mo̞]

Adverb

最も (hiragana もっとも, rōmaji mottomo)

most, -est
- 1904, 河口慧海, チベット旅行記:
  例 (れい)の美 (うつく)しい小 (こ)僧 (ぞう)が最 (もっと)も忙 (いそが)しく最 (もっと)も収 (しゅう)入 (にゅう)の多 (おお)い時 (とき)だそうです。
  Rei no utsukushii kozō ga mottomo isogashiku mottomo shūnyū no ōi toki da sō desu.
  It's apparently when that handsome youngster is the most busy and has the largest earnings.

Synonyms

一番 (いちばん) (ichiban)

Related terms

尤 (もっと)も (mottomo, “although; plausible, natural; naturally, for good reason”)
もっと (motto, “more”)

References

Hirayama, Tetsuo (1960) 全国アクセント辞典 (Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 東京堂,.

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