How to Use Kanari?

The Japanese word kanari—pronounced precisely as the phonetic spelling indicates—is translated in a number of ways depending on context. It can mean "pretty", "fairy", or "quite/rather". The sentence in which the word appears will indicate how the word should be used.

Do Japanese use totemo?

The most textbook way of saying “very” in Japanese is by using the word totemo (とても). You can also add an extra T in the center of totemo to make it tottemo (とっても).

How do you use Nakanaka in a sentence?

= Shigoto ga nakanaka hakadoranai. = I can't get my work done as I expected. / My work isn't progressing as I expected.

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