までも – Vocabulary details

までも

Meanings

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.

Alt. forms

までも

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迄までも

Pitch accent
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でも

Used in: 1840

Composed of

まで

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

Used in vocabulary (16 in total)

いつまでも

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

までもない

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

どこまでも

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

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Examples (9 in total)

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?

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.

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.

詳しょう細さいまでは分わからないまでも、多た少しょうは理り解かいできる。

Even if I don't understand the details, I can understand it to some extent.

夏なつとは言いわないまでも、まだ十じゅう分ぶん暖あたたかい。

It may not be summer, but it's still plenty warm.

自じ分ぶんの立たち場ばを危あやうくしてまでも、彼かれを守まもり通とおそうとするのか。

Are you going to protect him to the end, even at the risk of jeopardizing your own position?

彼かれは肌はだだけではなく、髪かみまでも、まさに透すけるように白しろかった。

Not only his skin but even his hair was so white it seemed translucent.