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尚更

尚さら、 なお更、 猶更

Reading

Kana: なおさら
Romaji: naosara
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Definition

adv
1

all the more; still less

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

Readings: ショウ、 なお
Meanings: esteem, furthermore, still, yet
Readings: コウ、 さら、 さら.に、 ふ.ける、 ふ.かす
Meanings: grow late, night watch, sit up late, of course, renew, renovate, again, more and more, further
Readings: ユウ、 ユ、 なお
Meanings: furthermore, still, yet

Example Sentences

無口(むくち)だからなおさら(かれ)()きなのだ。
➥I like him all the more for his reticence.
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正直(しょうじき)なのでなおさらその少年(しょうねん)()きです。
➥I like the boy all the better for his honesty.
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(かれ)欠点(けってん)があるのでなおさら(かれ)()きだ。
➥I like him the better for his faults.
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(かれ)には欠点(けってん)があるからなおさら()きだ。
➥I like him all the better for his faults.
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(ひと)()てばもつほどなおさら()しくなる。
➥The more we have, the more we want.
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(かれ)には欠点(けってん)があるがなおさら(かれ)()きだ。
➥I like him all the better for his faults.
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