N3 Hypotheticals, Conditionals, and Regret

~たって: meaning, usage and examples

~たって means: even if... (colloquial).

Updated 9 November 2026 · By the My Senpai team · Spotted a mistake? Tell us

Examples

1. 今いまから走はしったって、間まに合あわないよ。

   Even if you run now, you won't make it in time.

2. いくら安やすくたって、要いらないものは買かわない。

   No matter how cheap it is, I don't buy things I don't need.

3. いくら寒さむくたって、毎朝まいあさ走はしるよ。

   No matter how cold it gets, I still run every morning.

4. 今いまから行いったって、店みせはもう閉しまってるよ。

   Even if we go now, the store will already be closed.

When to use it

たって is the casual form of ても: "even if," "even though." Use it to say the result will be the same whatever happens: 今いまから急いそいだって間まに合あわない ("Even if we hurry now, we won't make it"). It often comes with いくら or どんなに: いくら言いったって聞きかない ("No matter how often I tell him, he won't listen").

Nuance

Spoken and casual, used with friends and family. It often sounds frustrated or resigned. It is not used in formal writing or polite speech, where ても is the right choice.

Compare

ても is the neutral form: 雨あめが降ふっても行いく. たって means the same in casual speech: 雨あめが降ふったって行いく. たとえ〜ても is stronger and more formal. Do not confuse this ending with だって at the start of a sentence ("but").

Tip: Build it from the た-form: 食たべた becomes 食たべたって, 高たかい becomes 高たかくたって, 静しずか becomes 静しずかだって.