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I read in a Japanese Grammar(*) written in French:

> 息子【むすこ】は元気【げんき】で,私達【わたしたち】 **も** 安心【あんしん】した.
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> ~ "My son is healthy, and we feel reassured". (translation from the French
> translation given by Reiko Shimamori: "Mon fils est en bonne santé, et nous
> en sommes rassurés.")

What's the exact meaning of も in this sentence?

Since も doesn't coordinate propositions, this particle can't mean "my son is
healthy **and** we feel reassured". I don't think も stands for "(we) too" as
in "my son is healthy and **we too** feel reassured".

Reiko Shimamori writes somewhere in her book that も may have an "emphatic
meaning" but I can't find the reference.

Any idea to help me?

(*) Grammaire japonaise systématique (Reiko Shimamori), I.235
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meaning particles
Exact meaning of も (maybe emphatic?) in a sentence
This も can be understood along the lines of "as well" or "too". To put it very
verbosely, this `も` means "just like others" or "I guess we're not the only
ones, but..."

This kind of も, which vaguely refers to "unspecific others", occurs commonly
in Japanese.

To take another example, when a boss gives a word of advice to their people:

>   * 君 **も** 、もう若くないんだから…
>   * 君 **は** 、もう若くないんだから…
>

The former sounds milder to me, because it sounds like "you're not the only
one (to blame), but ...". I don't know how to translate this to English, but I
may use "kind of" or something similar which makes the sentence milder.
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