〇〇てでも (te demo)

Meaning

    All JLPT 2 grammar : 〇〇てでも(〇〇てでも, te demo), Even if ones have to do something (being determined to do something by all means), [Expression]

    Example

    日本語意味
    ボクが憧れたのは翔太部長の『力』じゃない。体を張ってでも信念を貫こうとする雄々しい勇気だったはず。What I looked up to in Shota was not his ‘strength’. It was his heroic courage to put his life on the line to carry out his convictions.
    泥をかぶってでもやろうという気持ちはありませんね。I have no intention of getting wet.
    若いときの苦労は買ってでもせよ。Heavy work in youth is quiet rest in old age.
    仕事が等しければ給料も等しくなければならず、そうでない場合には、その悪習をどんなにしてでも阻止しなければならない。There must be equal pay for equal work, and where this is not the case, the abuse must be resisted at all costs.

    Vocabulary

    日本語ローマ字意味
    憧れakogareyearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
    信念shinnenbelief, faith, conviction
    勇気yuukicourage, bravery
    部長buchouhead of a section or department
    chikaraforce, strength, vigor
    karadabody, torso
    するsuruto do
    doromud, dirt
    気持ちkimochifeeling, sensation, mood
    kupain; anguish; suffering; distress; anxiety; worry; trouble; difficulty; hardship
    苦労kuroutroubles, hardships
    若いwakaiyoung, youthful
    阻止soshiobstruction, check, hindrance
    baplace, spot, scene
    給料kyuuryousalary, wages
    kotothing, matter
    仕事shigotowork, job

    Kanji

    漢字おんよみくんよみ意味
    チョウなが.い, おさlong, leader, superior, senior
    キ,ケいきspirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood
    リョク,リキ,リイちからpower, strength
    タイ,テイからだ, かたちbody, object
    -べsection, portion
    ネンwish, sense, thought
    シンfaith, fidelity, trust
    タイ,タふと.い, ふと.るplump, thick
    も.つ, -も.ち, も.てるhold, have
    バイか.うbuy
    ジャク,ニャク,ニャわか.い, わか-, も.しくわyoung, immature
    くる.しい, -ぐる.しい, くる.しむsuffering, trial, worry
    ロウろう.する, いたわ.る, いた.ずきlabor, toil, trouble
    アク,オわる.い, わる-, あ.しbad, evil
    ジョウ,チョウlocation, place
    ジ,ズこと, つか.う, つか.えるmatter, thing
    リョウfee, materials
    と.まる, -ど.まり, と.めるstop, halt
    シ,ジつか.えるattend, doing
    シュウ,ジュなら.う, なら.いlearn
    ゴウ,ガッ,カッあ.う, -あ.う, あ.いfit, suit
    キュウたま.う, たも.う, -たま.えsalary, wage, grant
    トウひと.しい, など, -らetc., equal, similar

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