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も puts one more thing on the same pile

The picture A hand setting one more thing on a pile that is already there. Everything lands in the same place.

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  1. me on the pile too

    行きます。

    watashi mo ikimasu

    I'll come along too.

  2. today on the pile too

    今日残業です。

    kyō mo zangyō desu

    Overtime again today.

  3. neither one on the pile

    お金時間ありません。

    okane mo jikan mo arimasen

    I have no money and no time.

  4. a pile higher than expected

    三時間待ちました。

    san-jikan mo machimashita

    I waited three whole hours.

    も on a number turns it into 'that much'. 三時間待った is a fact; 三時間も待った is a complaint.

  5. not once on the pile

    一度行ったことがありません。

    ichi-do mo itta koto ga arimasen

    I've never been there, not once.

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