も details
too; also — adds its noun to something already established
私もそれ、好きだな。
watashi mo sore, suki da na.
I like that one too, actually. casual
引き出しには何も入っていません。
hikidashi ni wa nani mo haitte imasen.
There's nothing in the drawer. neutral
Examples
too; also — も adds its noun to what has already been said, and takes the place of は, が and を
私もそれ、好きだな。
watashi mo sore, suki da na.
I like that one too, actually. casual
弟も来年から東京で働きます。
otouto mo rainen kara toukyou de hatarakimasu.
My younger brother will be working in Tokyo from next year as well. neutral
当日は資料もご用意しております。
toujitsu wa shiryou mo go youi shite orimasu.
We will have the materials ready on the day as well. formal
none at all — 何[なに]も and 誰[だれ]も plus a negative predicate sweep away the whole class
引き出しには何も入っていません。
hikidashi ni wa nani mo haitte imasen.
There's nothing in the drawer. neutral
今日、店に誰も来なかったんだよね。
kyou, mise ni dare mo konakatta n da yo ne.
Nobody came into the shop today, you know. casual
as much as — beside a number, も presents the amount as larger than anyone would have expected
三時間も待たされたんだよ。
sanjikan mo matasareta n da yo.
They kept me waiting three whole hours. casual
去年は雨の日が三十日もありました。
kyonen wa ame no hi ga sanjuunichi mo arimashita.
There were as many as thirty rainy days last year. neutral
Formation
{N}もattaches to noun格助詞+も(東京でも・友だちにも・母からも)attaches to noun phrase (schematic)疑問詞+も+否定(何もない・誰も来ない・どこにも行かない)attaches to noun phrase (schematic)
Notes
誰も来た is not. どれも and どちらも are exempt (どれもおいしい), and a
positive 誰も needs が — 誰もが知っている.
Related patterns
Similar
Both can push an item past what was expected, but さえ says so on its own and reads bookish (名前さえ書かなかった), while も usually needs a quantity beside it to turn scalar — 一度も under a negative, 三時間も under a positive — and otherwise just adds.
The same binding slot, both displacing が and を — は sets its noun apart from whatever else was on the table, も piles it onto something already true, so 私は行きます leaves open what everyone else does and 私も行きます says someone already is.
Lookalikes
〜ても is this same も standing on a て-form, but the pair concedes rather than adds — a noun before も piles one more item on (雨も降った), a て-form before it grants the event and carries on anyway (降っても行く).
Combines with
何も〜ない is this も on a question word, and the negative is not optional — the frame is the whole 何も…ない, so the ない may sit words downstream (何も言うつもりはない) but never in another clause.
〜もしない puts the same も on a ます-stem to deny the action was even attempted (見もしない), which is a stronger claim than the plain negative 見ない and belongs to argument, not description.