Usages of motto
山 の 頂上 まで 歩く と 景色 が もっと よく 見えます。yama no choujou made aruku to keshiki ga motto yoku miemasu.
If you walk to the mountain summit, the view looks even better.
今日 は 昨日 より もっと 寒い です。kyou wa kinou yori motto samui desu.
It's even colder today than yesterday.
明日 の 番組 は 放送時間 が 長く なり、 ドラマ の 話し を もっと 聞ける そう です。ashita no bangumi wa housoujikan ga nagaku nari, dorama no hanashi o motto kikeru sou desu.
Tomorrow’s program will have a longer broadcast time, and we can hear more about the drama.
友達 と 一緒 に スポーツ を する と、 もっと 楽しめる。tomodachi to issho ni supootsu o suru to, motto tanoshimeru.
When I play sports together with friends, I can enjoy it more.
緊張しすぎて 何 も 言えなかった ので、 もっと 練習して おけば よかった と 思いました。kinchoushisugite nani mo ienakatta node, motto renshuushite okeba yokatta to omoimashita.
I was so nervous that I couldn’t say anything, so I thought, “I should have practiced more.”
才能 が ない と 思って いた ピアノ も、 毎日 続ければ もっと 上手 に なれた かも しれない と 今 に なって 思います。sainou ga nai to omotte ita piano mo, mainichi tsuzukereba motto jouzu ni nareta kamo shirenai to ima ni natte omoimasu.
I now think that even with piano, which I believed I had no talent for, I might have become better if I had kept at it every day.
温泉旅館 の 部屋 は 古い です が、 静か で 景色 も よくて、 「もっと 早く 来れば よかった ね」 と 母 が 言いました。onsenryokan no heya wa furui desu ga, shizuka de keshiki mo yokute, 「motto hayaku kureba yokatta ne」 to haha ga iimashita.
The room at the hot-spring inn was old but quiet with a nice view, and my mother said, “We should have come earlier, huh?”
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