まして

mashite

still more
still less (with neg. verb)
to say nothing of
not to mention

expressionadverb

Also written 況して

Chinese meanings

何况

Examples

Furigana

彼かれは浮うくことさえできない。まして泳およげない。
He can't even float let alone swim.
他连漂浮都做不到，更不用说游泳了。
Tatoeba #100418
彼かれは車くるまも買かえない、まして家いえなどは買かえない。
He cannot buy a car, still less a house.
他连车都买不起，更不用说房子了。
Tatoeba #104648

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('7bc604ca44'); // まして

{
  "id": "7bc604ca44",
  "word": "まして",
  "reading": "まして",
  "romaji": "mashite",
  "meanings": [
    "still more",
    "still less (with neg. verb)",
    "to say nothing of",
    "not to mention"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "exp",
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1237470,
  "other_forms": [
    "況して"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼は浮くことさえできない。まして泳げない。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{浮|う}くことさえできない。まして{泳|およ}げない。",
      "en": "He can't even float let alone swim.",
      "tatoeba_id": 100418
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼は車も買えない、まして家などは買えない。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{車|くるま}も{買|か}えない、まして{家|いえ}などは{買|か}えない。",
      "en": "He cannot buy a car, still less a house.",
      "tatoeba_id": 104648
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "aa8192fb70f95edd2eef437f6bb0b62b7e2b07cd2cf376e8dd3c89309219c571",
    "meanings": [
      "何况"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼は浮くことさえできない。まして泳げない。",
        "zh": "他连漂浮都做不到，更不用说游泳了。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼は車も買えない、まして家などは買えない。",
        "zh": "他连车都买不起，更不用说房子了。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/7bc604ca44",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1237470; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "8fa98b9a092a86a89d5b7e7bd5b760f843d1cc39459a4b6e40db785300cc8df9"
  }
}