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==== About "かくも" ====
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--[[User:Akiha|Akiha]] 15:37, 15 May 2007 (PDT)

:クルマとは、'''かくも'''奥深く魅力的な機械である。機械を超え、生き物にすら近い。多くの人がそれを被写体に選ぶのは、当然かもしれない。
:Cars are '''very''' deeply fascinating machines. Beyond machinery, almost like a living being, even. That many people have chosen them as a subject for photography is only natural, I think.

"かくも" is rarely used. And it is used in formal written language. Its meaning is a strong degree, I infer from my dictionaries.

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かくも【斯くも】
¶友の零落を笑ったこの男の死に様はかくも哀れなものであった. This is how miserably the man died who had laughed at his friend's ruin.

かくも【斯くも】 (kakumo)
＝こんなに.
なにゆえかくも悲しいのか.　Why so [thus] sad?

こんなに (konnani)
こんなにたくさんの　so many [much]; 《口》 this many [much]
・こんなに高額の賠償金　such a large amount of compensation (money)
・こんなに夜遅く　at this time of (the) night; at this late hour (of the night); this late (at night)
・こんなに朝早く　at this hour of (the) morning; at this early hour (of the morning); this early (in the morning)
・パソコンがこんなに普及していなかったころには　at a time when computers hadn't become so prevalent.
こんなに少ない給料では生活できない.　I can't live on this kind of pay. ｜ It's impossible to live on such low wages.
・昔の夏はこんなに暑くなかった.　Summer never used to be so hot.
・山手線がこんなに遅れることは珍しい.　It is unusual for the Yamanote Line to be this late.
・こんなにうまくいくとは思わなかった.　I didn't expect to succeed so well. ｜ I hadn't bargained for such success.
・こんなにおいしいワイン, 今まで飲んだことがない.　I've never had so delicious a wine.
・まあまあこんなに濡れて. 冷たかったでしょう.　Look at you, you're all wet. You must be cold.
・こんなに忙しいと寝る間もない.　I'm so busy I don't even have time to sleep.
・(症状が)こんなになるまでなぜ放っておいたんですか.　Why did you let the symptoms go for so long?
・こんなにしてまであの遺跡を保存する必要があるのだろうか.　Is it really necessary to go to such lengths to preserve the ruins?
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--[[User:Akiha|Akiha]] 08:04, 22 May 2007 (PDT)