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Grammar detail: よりも

よりも  more than anything, anyone, etc, above all
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subject or topic
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よりも
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statement
means
above all~
かいしゃ
会社
よりも
こうじょう
工場
たいへん
大変

The factory is much harder than the office.
おも
った
よりやさしい
It is easier than I thought.
この
どうぶつ
動物
あれより
おお
きい

This animal is bigger than that one.
When a question word such as 何, 誰, どこ, etc precedes よりも the meaning changes accordingly.
なん
よりも
more than anything
だれ
よりも
more than anybody
どの〜よりも more than any ~
どこよりも more than anywhere
せいこう
成功
ひつよう
必要
なん
よりも
まず
にんたい
忍耐
せんせい
先生
った

The teacher said, "Above all, what is necessary for success is perseverance."
なん
よりも
からだ
じゅうぶん
十分
ちゅうい
注意
しなさい

Above all, you must take good care of yourself.
だれ
よりも
かじ
家事
きらい
I hate housework more than anybody.
かれ
クラスどの
しょうねん
少年
よりテニス
じょうず
上手
できる
He can play tennis better than any other boy in his class.
〜よりも can also take first position in a sentence, such as in the following example.
なん
よりも
からだ
じゅうぶん
十分
ちゅうい
注意
しなさい

Above all, you must take good care of yourself.
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Kanji used in this grammar

カ   なに    なん what?   
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だれ who   
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カイ   エ   あ to meet   
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シャ    company   やしろ Shinto shrine   
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コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
ジョウ   ば place   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ヘン   unusual   かえる to alter, change   かわる to change   
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シ   おも to think   
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ドウ   うご to move, to stir   うごかす to shift, to move   
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ブツ   モツ   もの thing   
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セイ   ジョウ   な to become   な to perform, to accomplish   
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ク   コウ    achievement   
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ヒツ   かなら certainly, invariably   
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ヨウ   い to need   かなめ pivotal point   
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ニン   しの to endure; lie hidden   しのばせる to conceal   
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タイ   たえる to endure, bear   
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セン   さき ahead   
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セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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タイ   テイ   からだ body   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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ブン   ブ   フン   わける to divide, to distinguish   わかる to understand   わかれる to be divided   わかつ to share, distribute   
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チュウ   そそ to pour   
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イ    idea   
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カ   ケ   house   いえ    や    
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ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
ヒ   かれ he   
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ショウ   すこ a little   すくない few   
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ネン   とし year   
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ジョウ   ショウ   うえ above   うわ- above   あげる to raise   あがる to rise   かみ first half, upper part   のぼ to climb   のぼせる to bring up, to raise   のぼ to bring up   
シュ   hand   て    た-    
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