Example sentences
Formation
(i) Wh-word+Vvol | とも | |
どこへ行こうとも | No matter where someone may go | |
何を食べようとも | No matter what someone may eat | |
何があるうとも | No matter what may happen | |
(ii) Wh-word+Adjective い stem | {く/かろう}とも | |
{いかに/どんなに}難し{く/かろう}とも | No matter how difficult something may be | |
(iii) Wh-word+Adjective な stem | であろうとも | |
{いかに/どんなに}好きであろうとも | No matter how much someone likes something | |
(iv) Adjective い stem | くとも | |
早くとも | At the earliest |