IntermediateJLPT N2 Grammar

Too; also; not either; not even (emphatic も)

Romaji: mo

Meaning & usage

Also; too; (not) either; (not) even | A particle which implies that something else is also (not) the case.

Example sentences 11

  1. あのアパートはあまり便利ではないし安くもない。

    That apartment is not convenient and not inexpensive, either.

  2. この映画は面白くないし、特に教育的でもない。

    This movie is not interesting and not particularly educational, either.

  3. この本は有益で、その上、面白くもある。

    This book is beneficial and, on top of that, it is also interesting.

  4. 健一は新婚早々三日も家を空けたが、 和代かずよは泣かなかった。そして、 いかりもしなかった。

    Kenichi didn't go home for three days right after their marriage, but Kazuyo didn't cry. She didn't get mad, either.

  5. 吉岡さんは今年七十歳だが、毎日一キロ走る。時々泳ぎもする。

    Although Mr. Yoshioka is seventy this year, he runs one kilometre every day. He occasionally swims, too.

  6. 周遊券は便利な上、経済的でもある。

    Excursion tickets are convenient; on top of that, they are also economical.

  7. 奥田氏は弁護士であり、作家でもある。

    Mr. Okuda is a lawyer and also a novelist.

  8. 安くもないのに、どうしてそんなものを買うんですか。

    Why are you going to buy a thing like that which is not even cheap?

  9. 猿だっておかしければ笑いもするでしょう。

    Apes also laugh if something is funny, right?

  10. 田口さんなんて友達でもないのに、どうしてそんなにしてあげるの。

    Mr. Taguchi is not even a friend. How come you do so much for him?

  11. 由利子は最近廊下ですれ違っても見向きもしない。

    Recently Yuriko does not (even) look at me even if we pass each other in the hall.