〜てまで / 〜までして
Even going so far as 〜てまで
Meaning
"Even going so far as to ~".
Formation
[verb て form] + まで · [noun] + までして
Notes
Marks an extreme the speaker judges excessive, so the second clause usually questions or rejects it — 〜必要はない, 〜たくない. The disapproval is part of the pattern.
Examples
借金（しゃっきん）してまで旅行（りょこう）に行（い）きたくありません。
I do not want to travel badly enough to go into debt for it.
Breakdown
徹夜（てつや）までして準備（じゅんび）しました。
I prepared for it, even staying up all night.
Breakdown
人（ひと）を傷（きず）つけてまで勝（か）ちたいとは思（おも）いません。
I do not want to win badly enough to hurt people.
Breakdown
行列（ぎょうれつ）に並（なら）んでまで食（た）べたい店（みせ）ですか。
Is it a restaurant worth queueing for?
Breakdown
うそをついてまで守（まも）りたい秘密（ひみつ）だったのでしょう。
It must have been a secret worth lying to protect.
Breakdown
⚠️ Often confused with
〜くらい / 〜ぐらい
About / to the extent 〜くらい
An approximate amount — "about ~" — or a degree — "to the extent that ~".
〜ば〜ほど
The more … the more 〜ば〜ほど
"The more ~, the more ~" — one thing increases as another does.
〜ほど / 〜ほどだ
To the extent 〜ほど
Gives a yardstick for how much — "so ~ that …", "to the extent of ~".
〜さえ / 〜でさえ
Even 〜さえ
Picks an extreme example — "even ~". If this much is true, the rest follows.
〜こそ
Precisely 〜こそ
Singles something out for emphasis — "this is the one that ~", "precisely ~".
〜極まりない
Utterly extreme 〜極まりない
"Extremely ~", "~ in the extreme" — an emphatic, usually critical judgement.
〜といったらない
Beyond description 〜といったらない
"Indescribably ~", "~ beyond words" — an exclamation of extremity.
〜始末だ
Ending up badly 〜始末だ
"It ended up ~ (of all things)" — a bad process reaches a worse conclusion.