〜も（数量強調）
〜も（数量強調） means as many/much as. It is a JLPT N4 grammar point. Attach this after a quantity to show that the amount feels large or more than expected. It often expresses surprise or emphasis.
Japanese sources describe it as 「数量を強調する」.
〜も（数量強調） examples
昨日、漢字を五十字も書きました。
Yesterday I wrote as many as fifty kanji.
駅まで三十分も歩きました。
I walked as long as thirty minutes to the station.
〜も（数量強調） exercises
Pick what belongs in the parentheses. The answer is marked below.
弟はケーキを三つ（ ）食べました。
- も ✓
- しか
- だけ
- より
My younger brother ate as many as three pieces of cake.
宿題に二時間（ ）かかりました。
- も ✓
- とか
- または
- ほど
The homework took as long as two hours.
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