でも

See also: デモ and ても

Japanese

Etymology

で (de, “at; in”) +‎ も (mo, “even; too”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) でも [déꜜ mò] (Atamadaka – [1]) (conjunction)
• IPA^(key): [de̞ mo̞]

Particle

でも • (de mo) 

1. even

   宇(う)宙(ちゅう)からでも万(ばん)里(り)の長(ちょう)城(じょう)が見(み)える。

   Uchū kara de mo Banri no Chōjō ga mieru.

   Even from space you can see the Great Wall of China.

2. also in

   日(に)本(ほん)でも英(えい)語(ご)を勉(べん)強(きょう)する。

   Nihon de mo eigo o benkyō suru.

   In Japan also, we study English.

3. or

   お茶(ちゃ)でも、コーヒーでも、どうですか？

   O-cha de mo, kōhī de mo, dō desu ka?

   How about some tea or coffee?

4. or something

   酒(さけ)でも飲(の)もうよ。

   Sake de mo nomō yo.

   Let's have a drink or something.

   気(き)づかないとでも思(おも)った？

   Kizukanai to de mo omotta?

   Did you think I wouldn't notice or something?

   気(き)づかないとでも？

   Kizukanai to de mo?

   [Did you think] I wouldn't notice or something?

   • 1948, Osamu Dazai, Ningen Shikkaku [No Longer Human]‎:

     毛(け)虫(むし)でも払(はら)いのける時(とき)のような手(て)つきで

     kemushi de mo harainokeru toki no yō na tetsuki de

     with a hand movement as if one were brushing away a caterpillar or the like

Conjunction

でも • (de mo) 

1. (informal) but, however

   でも、私(わたし)はそう思(おも)わない。

   De mo, watashi wa sō omowanai.

   But I don't think so.

See also

• (but): ただし (tadashi)