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ずいぶん

very, extremely, considerably

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Examples

  1. 今日はずいぶん暖かいですね。

    きょうはずいぶんあたたかいですね。

    It's remarkably warm today, isn't it.

  2. 私たちはもうずいぶん長くここにいます。

    わたしたちはもうずいぶんながくここにいます。

    We have been here for quite a long time now.

  3. 去年からずいぶん日本語が上手になりましたね。

    きょねんからずいぶんにほんごがじょうずになりましたね。

    Your Japanese has improved a great deal since last year.

Common patterns

ずいぶん前
quite a while ago
ずいぶん長い間
for a very long time
ずいぶん変わった
changed a great deal

Memory tip

Carries surprise: "far more than I expected", where とても is neutral. Because of that, ずいぶん said to someone's face can come out sounding like a backhanded remark.

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