adverbial N1 uncommon casualpolitewritten
なおさら — all the more
なおさら
Meaning
- all the more / even more (so) — the degree increases further given an added reason or condition
Key sentence
君が手伝ってくれるなら、なおさら心強い。
If you'll help, that's all the more reassuring.
Formation
| Attaches to | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Adverb | （reason / conditional 〜なら・〜と）なおさら 〜 — placed before the predicate it intensifies | それならなおさら〜 |
When: Speech and writing; intensifies a judgment in light of a newly introduced factor.
Examples
危険だと分かっているなら、なおさら注意すべきだ。
If you know it's dangerous, you should be all the more careful.
謝られると、なおさら腹が立つこともある。
Sometimes being apologized to makes you even angrier.
Easily confused with
ましてや ましてや introduces the escalated clause as a connective; なおさら is the degree adverb 'all the more' *inside* that clause. They often co-occur (ましてや〜なおさら). さらに さらに = 'furthermore / additionally' (adds another item or step); なおさら = 'all the more' (intensifies the *same* judgment because of a reason). 〜にも増して にも増して compares against a benchmark ('more than ~'); なおさら raises the degree of a judgment given a reason ('all the more').
See なおさら in real sentences
Jengo shows なおさら the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.
Study it in JengoSources Compiled with reference to A Dictionary of Advanced Japanese Grammar.