しかもMoreover, Furthermore

しかも is a conjunction in Japanese which is commonly translated as either 'furthermore', or 'moreover'. This is a somewhat formal grammar pattern which indicates that both (A) and (B) exist at the same time, or are in unison. しかも itself focuses on the overall topic, so will be used for giving objective opinions, such as observable facts, rather than personal opinions.

As しかも is a conjunction, it may be used between two phrases, or sometimes at the beginning of a second sentence, when referring back to the first.

Often, (A) will be considered the 'base' information, while (B) is extra information added on top of (A), or further explaining (A).

Fun-fact

Originally, しかも came from the combination of the archaic interjection 然(しか) 'as such', or 'like that', and the particle も 'too', or 'also'. In this way, some reflection can be seen between it and modern English phrases like 'additionally', where the (B) information is simply adding on to what is already known about (A).

Fun-fact

In modern writing, しかも may also appear as either 而(しか)も or 併(しか)も, although both are quite rare.