までも – Vocabulary details

までも

Expression

Usually written in kana

1. to (an extent); up to; so far as; even

more emphatic than まで

わたしまでも、父ちちを裏うら切ぎるわけにはいかない。I can't join the others in betraying my father.

2. there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...

as ...までもない

これは説せつ明めいするまでもありませんね。This hardly needs explaining, does it?

3. even if there is no need to ... (at least ...)

as ...ないまでも

原げん理りはわからないまでも、対たい処しょは可か能のうだ。Even if I don't understand the principle, it is possible to deal with it.

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でも

until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to

forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly

there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...

anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

心しん配ぱいするまでもありませんよ。

There's no need to worry.

確たしかめるまでもありません。

There's no need to check.

これは説せつ明めいするまでもありませんね。

This hardly needs explaining, does it?

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