Illustration: In a Japanese elementary school's garden, five sunflowers grow in a row of matching pots resting on the same level ground. Their heights vary, but one towers clearly above all the others. A pupil stretches upward beside this tallest plant, unable to reach its flower even on tiptoe.

JLPT N4adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

最もっとも

mottomo

most

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは最もっとも速はやい走者そうしゃです。

    I am the fastest runner.

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  2. トムはクラスで最もっとも背せが高たかい。

    Tom is the tallest in his class.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. この川かわはここが最もっとも深ふかいんだ。

    This river is deepest here.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 最

  • 最utmost; mostOnサイ・シュKunもっとも・つま

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