尤も

Japanese

Kanji in this term
尤
もっと
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

  • (honorific) 御尤(ごもっと)も (go-mottomo)

Pronunciation

Adjective

尤(もっと)も • (mottomo) -na, adnominal 尤(もっと)もな (mottomo na), adverbial 尤(もっと)もに (mottomo ni)

  1. natural, understandable
    Synonym: 当然

Inflection

Adverb

尤(もっと)も • (mottomo) 

  1. for good reason, naturally

Conjunction

尤(もっと)も • (mottomo) 

  1. but then, though (of course), though (in fact), although

Noun

尤(もっと)も • (mottomo) 

  1. something quite right, plausible, understandable

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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