でも

See also: デモ and ても

Japanese

で (de, “at; in”) +‎ も (mo, “even; too”)

でも • (de mo)

even
宇(う)宙(ちゅう)からでも万(ばん)里(り)の長(ちょう)城(じょう)が見(み)える。
Uchū kara de mo Banri no Chōjō ga mieru.
Even from space you can see the Great Wall of China.
also in
日(に)本(ほん)でも英(えい)語(ご)を勉(べん)強(きょう)する。
Nihon de mo eigo o benkyō suru.
In Japan also, we study English.
or
お茶(ちゃ)でも、コーヒーでも、どうですか？
O-cha de mo, kōhī de mo, dō desu ka?
How about some tea or coffee?
or something
酒(さけ)でも飲(の)もうよ。
Sake de mo nomō yo.
Let's have a drink or something.

気(き)づかないとでも思(おも)った？
Kizukanai to de mo omotta?
Did you think I wouldn't notice or something?

気(き)づかないとでも？
Kizukanai to de mo?
[Did you think] I wouldn't notice or something?
- 1948, Osamu Dazai, Ningen Shikkaku [No Longer Human]‎^[1]:
  
  毛(け)虫(むし)でも払(はら)いのける時(とき)のような手(て)つきで
  kemushi de mo harainokeru toki no yō na tetsuki de
  with a hand movement as if one were brushing away a caterpillar or the like

でも • (de mo)

(informal) but, however
でも、私(わたし)はそう思(おも)わない。
De mo, watashi wa sō omowanai.
But I don't think so.