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程

ほど

extent, degree, limit; about, approximately

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Examples

  1. 二十人程の人が集まった。

    にじゅうにんほどのひとがあつまった。

    About twenty people gathered.

  2. 彼程日本語が上手な人はいない。

    かれほどにほんごがじょうずなひとはいない。

    There is no one as good at Japanese as he is.

  3. 野菜は程よい大きさに切ってください。

    やさいはほどよいおおきさにきってください。

    Please cut the vegetables into reasonably sized pieces.

Common patterns

〜程〜ない
nothing is as ~ as ~
程よい
just right, moderate
程々に
in moderation

Memory tip

After a number it means "about" (くらい is the casual equivalent); in Ａ程Ｂない it sets the top of a scale — "nothing is as B as A". Usually written in kana as ほど outside set words like 程度 and 程よい.

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