度合い
どあい
degree, extent
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Examples
損傷の度合いを調べた。
そんしょうのどあいをしらべた。
We examined the degree of damage.
人によって疲れの度合いは違う。
ひとによってつかれのどあいはちがう。
How tired people get varies from person to person.
汚れの度合いに応じて洗剤を選ぶ。
よごれのどあいにおうじてせんざいをえらぶ。
Choose the detergent according to how dirty things are.
Common patterns
- 〜の度合い
- the degree of ~
- 度合いが高い
- the degree is high
- 度合いを測る
- to measure the degree
Memory tip
度合い attaches to a noun to ask "how much of it": 疲れの度合い, 汚れの度合い. It is close to 程度 but points at measurable intensity rather than general level.
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