GrammarJLPT N3
still more
ExpressionAdverb

Also written as 況して

Definitions

  1. 1. still more
  2. 2. to say nothing of
  3. 3. still less
A conjunction or adverb used to strengthen a contrast, often meaning "let alone" or "much less" or "all the more so." It is typically used to say that if one thing is true or difficult, something else is even more so.

Grammar

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Example sentences

Sentence 1

You're already this busy and you want to pick up more hobbies? Come on!

Sentence 2

I already hate running in the rain — no way am I doing it without an umbrella!

Sentence 3

This hill is brutal — carrying luggage up it is a whole other level of hell!

Sentence 4

My brain is barely working — there's no way I can handle a meeting in English on top of that.

Sentence 5

You're complaining at that price? If it were free you'd have even less to say!