"ほど" meaning in Japanese

See ほど in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ho̞do̞] Forms: hodo [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun}} ほど • (hodo)
  1. degree, bounds, extent
    Sense id: en-ほど-ja-noun-tg-~bPkI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Particle

IPA: [ho̞do̞] Forms: hodo [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|particle}} ほど • (hodo)
  1. "as much as"; upper limit; degree Derived forms: 腐るほど (kusaru hodo) (ruby: (くさ))
    Sense id: en-ほど-ja-particle-SW-RzZQm Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese particles, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 37 63 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 32 68 Disambiguation of Japanese particles: 8 92 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

soft-redirect

  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-ほど-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8

Alternative forms

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          "english": "My Japanese isn't as good as his.",
          "roman": "Kare hodo Nihongo ga umakunai.",
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          "english": "The sooner, the better.",
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              "良",
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          "english": "The more I learned, the more I felt I didn't know anything.",
          "roman": "Manabeba manabu hodo, nani mo shiranakatta koto ni kizuku",
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              "まな"
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              "学",
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              "何",
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            [
              "知",
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          "english": "I hate him so much that I want to kill him.",
          "roman": "Aitsu o koroshitai hodo kirai da.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "殺",
              "ころ"
            ],
            [
              "嫌",
              "きら"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "あいつを殺したいほど嫌いだ。",
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          "english": "My Japanese isn't as good as his.",
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          "english": "The sooner, the better.",
          "roman": "Hayai hodo ii.",
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              "良",
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          "english": "The more I learned, the more I felt I didn't know anything.",
          "roman": "Manabeba manabu hodo, nani mo shiranakatta koto ni kizuku",
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              "まな"
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              "学",
              "まな"
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          "english": "I hate him so much that I want to kill him.",
          "roman": "Aitsu o koroshitai hodo kirai da.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "殺",
              "ころ"
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            [
              "嫌",
              "きら"
            ]
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          "text": "あいつを殺したいほど嫌いだ。",
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Download raw JSONL data for ほど meaning in Japanese (3.5kB)

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