もっとも
Meanings
Adverb
1. most; extremely
Pitch accent
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Top 3500
Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
perfectly reasonable; completely natural; perfectly good (e.g. reason)
Examples (174 in total)
Safety is the most important thing.
Time is the most precious thing of all.
She is weakest at science.
Health is the most precious thing.
This is the very best method.
The most effective defense is offense.
Iron is the most useful metal.
Tom is the tallest in the class.
The human race is dominant on earth.
Patience is the most beautiful virtue.
What's your favorite memory from your childhood?
I am the fastest runner.
The public is the best judge.
Choose the color you like the best.
Where is the most beautiful place in the world?
He likes the most beautiful flower.
Mother is the busiest in my family.
This is the surest way to succeed.
The best thing is to tell the truth.
It's one of the largest cities in the world.
This is the most beautiful flower in the garden.
That is the fastest train in the world.
Dogs are man's closest friends.
Whom do you respect most in your life?
Body temperature is highest in the afternoon.
What's the name of the highest mountain in Germany?
It goes without saying that health is most important.
Sunday is the day when I am busiest.
Paris is the most beautiful city in the world.
He's the novelist I admire the most.
New York is the busiest city in the world.
The book read most in the world is the Bible.
As far as I know, this is the best one.
China is the largest country in Asia.
The most wonderful thing about baseball is teamwork.
What's Australia's highest mountain?
She's the most popular girl in the class.
A rainbow is one of the most beautiful phenomena of nature.
Soccer is the most popular sport in Brazil.
Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system.
Fishing is one of the most popular hobbies.
Language in particular is the most fluid of mediums.
Mt. Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
Shakespeare is one of the greatest poets.
The most important thing is a pleasant living environment.
The scent of musk is one of the best smells there is.
The city is most famous for its automobile industry.
The Sahara is the largest desert in the world.
Mahjong is one of the most interesting games.
Ho Chi Minh City is the largest city in Vietnam.
Iridium is one of the rarest elements.
The family is the most important unit in society.
This is the most interesting book I've ever read.
He ran the fastest of all.
You are the most important person of us all.
Tokyo is one of the largest cities in the world.
One of the most beautiful animals is the cat.
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
We regard him as the best player on the team.
I think autumn is the most beautiful season of the year.
Now is the time when we need him most.
What is the easiest way to learn English?
Spring is the best season to visit Kyoto.
The most severe problem at present is that of over-population.
This is the nicest present I've ever received.
London is one of the largest cities in the world.
This is the most important matter of all.
Language is one of the most important inventions of mankind.
Mike is the tallest of the three.
What the country needs most is wise leaders.
Accidents will happen when they are least expected.
The elephant is the largest land animal.
He is the best player on our team.
Of the three boys, Bill behaves most politely.
He is among the best jazz singers.
They picked out the best two works.
The old method proved to be best after all.
Hong Kong is the least regulated economy in Asia.
What is the best way to learn a foreign language?
The oldest movie theater in town is being pulled down now.
It is said that "Hamlet" is the most interesting play ever written.
Kyoto is most crowded when it is most beautiful.
Broccoli is one of the healthiest vegetables.
My worst vice is smoking.
Talking of classical music, who is your favorite composer?
Natsume Soseki is one of the best writers in Japan.
She is one of the best ballerinas in the world.
My native language is the most beautiful gift from my mother.
A gas stove provides the most even heat for cooking.
Burj Khalifa is currently the tallest skyscraper in the world.
This is the most interesting story that I have ever read.
I have been the busiest of the three boys.
We took the shortest way to the station.
This is the best movie I've ever seen.
The surest way to prevent war is not to fear it.
You're probably the smartest student in our class.
What is the continent with the most people living on it in the world?
This is the longest novel that I have ever read.
He is the most valuable player in our team.
People say that Japan is the richest country in the world.
They say she is the kindest woman on earth.
The quickest means of travel is by plane.
That is the funniest joke that I have ever heard.
Do you know the name of the most successful military man from this area?
People feel most at ease when they are at home.
Honesty was the most important factor in his success.
He became the finest actor on the American stage.
Even the strongest man can't stop a typhoon.
This is the best dictionary there is in the library.
The brightest flame burns quickest.
She recognized that math was her weakest subject.
The most important thing in the Olympics is not to win but to participate.
He's my best friend. It's as if he were my brother.
George is the most diligent boy in our class.
Education is one of the most essential aspects of life.
That was the most moving film I had ever seen.
Now he is recognized as one of the most promising writers.
Even the cleverest students can make silly mistakes.
With regards to music, he is one of the most famous critics.
He is without doubt one of the most successful businessmen in Japan.
Shakespeare is the greatest poet that England has ever produced.
Isn't that the most humane punishment for criminals?
He is without doubt the most successful movie director in the world.
English is by far the most widely-spoken language in the world.
Japan and the U.S. are the most important trading partner to each other.
The best way to solve a problem is sometimes the simplest.
The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.
The Siberian Railway is at once the longest and best known railway in the world.
Algeria is not the country with the largest reserves of oil.
I love him most deeply of all men.
This is the tallest building that I have ever seen.
It was the most beautiful sight that he had ever seen in his life.
She looked at several dolls and decided on the most beautiful one.
Those were the saddest hours of my life.
How to live is the most important thing in life.
I think that actress is one of the most beautiful women on earth.
The best way to understand a sentence is to translate it.
The best way is to do one thing at a time.
He is numbered among the greatest scientists in the world.
Color is the most sacred element of all visible things.
In other words, he is the most able young man I know.
The organization plays a principal role in wildlife conservation.
As far as I know, he is the shortest student in this school.
The hardest part of language learning is remembering vocabulary.
Harajuku is one of the hottest places in Tokyo.
She is beautiful, intelligent and, what is best of all, very kind-hearted.
This is the most beautiful ostrich I've ever seen.
Lincoln is one of the greatest figures in American history.
Please note that we have quoted the lowest possible price.
I was late for the meeting with the result that I missed the most important part.
I spent the best times of my life at my grandfather's house.
Three boys came in. I spoke to the boy who seemed to be the oldest.
This is the most wonderful present I have ever received.
What is most important in life differs from person to person.
Noise is the most serious problem for those who live around the airports.
The most valuable skill one can acquire is the ability to think for oneself.
She has finally been regarded by the nation as the most charismatic actress.
Even the most self-centered people are usually forgetful of this fault.
What do you think was the most read article this year on the Japanese version of Wikipedia?
The regions with the fewest natural resources rely on importation to increase their standard of living.
In general, communication between doctors and their patients is the most important part of medical treatment.
This river is deepest here.
The first step is always the hardest.
This lake is the deepest in this country.
My favorite color is orange.
The Mississippi is the longest river in the United States.
This is the coldest winter that we have had in thirty years.
He is said to have been the richest man in town at that time.
What is the best way of getting food into the mouth?
I think Beethoven is the greatest composer who ever lived.
John Wayne was one of the most popular movie stars of this century.
The year 1980 saw the fastest economic growth in that country.
Fortune 500 companies were the hardest hit by recent legislation.
Some of the oldest Chinese chopsticks date from 1200 B.C.