connective N2 common casualpolitewritten
しかも — moreover
しかも
Meaning
- moreover / and what's more / and on top of that — adds a further point that intensifies the impact, often striking or surprising
Key sentence
この店は安い。しかも、味もいい。
This place is cheap. And what's more, the food is good too.
Formation
| Attaches to | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Sentence-initial, or joining clauses | [A]。しかも [B]。 | 新品で、しかも半額だった。 |
Examples
彼女は三か国語を話す。しかも、全部独学だ。
She speaks three languages — and what's more, all self-taught.
財布を落とした。しかも、中には給料が入っていた。
I dropped my wallet. To make it worse, my whole paycheck was in it.
Easily confused with
その上 Very close. しかも tends to spotlight the added fact as remarkable or extreme ('and that's not all'); その上 plainly stacks a comparable second point. Both must keep the same direction (both good or both bad). さらに さらに can also mean 'even more' before a comparative; しかも is purely additive ('and what's more') and carries that note of 'on top of everything'.
Notes
- Works for both welcome additions (cheap, しかも tasty) and piling-on misfortunes (lost wallet, しかも payday). The shared requirement: the second fact runs the same way as the first.
See しかも in real sentences
Jengo shows しかも 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 Intermediate Japanese Grammar.