![]() ![]() I guess that’s analogous to learning how to play an instrument by practicing alone to records and then actually putting the practice into action by playing in bands, as opposed to going to music school and learning to read. ![]() I’ve never had a problem with “totemo” - if you want an analogy, I learned to speak Japanese purely by actually listening and speaking, as opposed to hitting the books or taking classes. Hey, that’s my life story in two sentences! Currently I teach Japanese here in Montreal. I lived and worked in Ōsaka for five years back in the early 90s. Totemo and kanari are always written using just plain old hiragana so if you’ve got kanji-phobia like many learners do, you don’t have to be afraid of these words.īut if you’ve got a kanji fetish (like me), or if you’re poring over some Edo-period literature, or if you’re going to be appearing on a Japanese kanji quiz show, you might be interested to know that totemo can be written as “迚も” and kanari as “可也.” Your Nagoyan friends will love love you for it. …try out saying totemo in the local dialect, it’s “でら” ( dera). I’m not going to get into detailed explanations for them though as this simple blog post has gone on long enough already. I wrote this article primarily with beginner to intermediate Japanese learners in mind, but if you’re looking for even more options or if you’re just an ambitious learner, here are some more words that you can jot down and try using instead of totemo.
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