〜ても
even if, even though
Verb / adjective て-form + も · Noun / な-adj + でも
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て-form + も means "even if" or "even though": 雨が降っても行きます, "I'm going even if it rains". It's the same ても as in てもいい ("even if you do it, it's fine").
Adjectives follow their て-forms: 高くても ("even if it's expensive"), 静かでも ("even if it's quiet"). Nouns: 子どもでも, "even a child".
With a question word it means "no matter…": 何を食べても ("whatever I eat"), いくら勉強しても ("however much I study"), 何度読んでも ("however many times I read it").
The negative is なくても: 行かなくても, "even if I don't go".
Examples
雨が降っても、行きます。
Even if it rains, I'm going.
高くても、買いたいです。
I want to buy it even if it's expensive.
いくら勉強しても、覚えられません。
However much I study, I can't remember it.
何度読んでも、分かりません。
However many times I read it, I don't get it.
静かでも、この部屋は狭すぎます。
Quiet or not, this room is too small.