Totemo or...

The word totemo is used a lot in the lessons, but I was wondering if there's other ways of saying it? Like in English how we say really, so, very, extremely etc.. I just don't want to sound like I'm repeating myself all the time! Thanks for any help :)

There are a few other Japanese adverbs that can be used in place of totemo, but they all have slight connotations: 1."Kanari": "very". Used exactly like totemo, to mean virtually the same thing as totemo. 2. "Toku ni": "very, especially." This manga is especially funny. Kono manga wa toku ni omoshiroi". 3. Zuibun: means "awfully". Like, "It's been an awfully long time" "Zuibun nagai aida ne?" 4. Ooi ni: "largely, very". Often used to describe the extent to which someone participates in something. "Ooi ni sansei desu." "I largely agree" 5. Kiwamete: "very" with the implication that the amount far exceeds what it common. It's more often seen in writing, however. 6. "Yoppodo": "To a large extent". 7. "Soutou ni": "Considerably". 8. "Tondemonai" means "unthinkably etc.", but you'll see it a lot as a stand-alone phrase to mean something like "That's ridiculous". 9. Depending on context, you may also want words like "hontou ni" for "really" like "Hontou ni ii no?" "Is it really okay?". 10. You can also use "Konna", to emphasize "like this". For example, "Itsumo fuyu wa konna ni samui?" "Is winter always this (very )cold?". 11. "Zenzen" emphasises absoluteness. So like "Zenzen chigau yo!" "You're absolutely wrong!". Or in the negative "Zenzen ikanai" "I'm absolutely not going, by any means". 12. "Hijou ni" = "super, incredibly, abnormally". It's like a very emphatic "totemo". Informally, there are : Sugoku (from sugoi): greatly, very. "Sore, sugoku hachamecha" "That's really messed up". Chou: Very, super. "Chou nagai" "very long". Meccha (from mechakucha): ludicrously. That's all I can think of off the top of my head.

Thanks for the help! I'll try experimenting with them :)

No problem!

Pascal - great list. I'm in Japan right now. I'll try some of these out on the locals.

No problem! I'm always glad to help.