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Grammar detail: とも

とも - to emphasize a response or statement
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When とも is used as a sentence-ending particle, it functions to emphasize the speaker's response or statement.
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わら
笑
っていいとも。
It's OK to laugh.
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よしだ
吉田
ともこ
智子
さんを
し
知
っていますか。
し
知
っていますとも。
おさな
幼
なじみです。
Do you know Tomoko Yoshida? Yes, indeed I do. We are childhood friends.
とも often follows いい or いいです。
いいとも/いいですとも
means
Yes, of course./Certainly./Sure (you can, it's okay).
In cases where いいとも/いいですとも are used to respond to a question that uses a negative the meaning slightly changes.
私が行ってもかまいませんか。Do you mind if I go?
いいですとも。Not at all./Of course not.
It may also be used to contradict something that another person asserts.
そんなに忙しいのでしょうか。Are you really that busy?
忙しいとも。Yes, I am actually that busy.
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Kanji used in this grammar

私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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行
コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆく    いく to go   おこなう to take place   
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1
忙
ボウ   いそがしい busy   
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3
笑
ショウ   わらう to laugh   えむ to smile   
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3
吉
キツ   キチ    good luck   
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5
田
デン   た rice field   
2
智
チ    wisdom   
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子
シ   ス   こ child   
1
知
チ   しる to know   
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2
幼
ヨウ   おさない very young; childish, immature, infantile   
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4
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