ほど

ほど

See also: ほと

Japanese

Etymology 1

Hiragana	ほど
Kanji	程

Particle

ほど (rōmaji hodo)

1. "as much as"; upper limit; degree

   彼 (かれ)ほど日 (に)本 (ほん)語 (ご)がうまくない。

   Kare hodo Nihongo ga umakunai.

   My Japanese isn't as good as his.

   速 (はや)いほど良 (い)い。

   Hayai hodo ii.

   The sooner, the better.

   学 (まな)べば学 (まな)ぶほど、何 (なに)も知 (し)らなかった事 (こと)に気 (き)づく

   Manabeba manabu hodo, nani mo shiranakatta koto ni kizuku

   The more I learned, the more I felt I didn't know anything.

   あいつを殺 (ころ)したいほど嫌 (きら)いだ。

   Aitsu o koroshitai hodo kirai da.

   I hate him so much that I want to kill him.

Usage notes

• When an i-adjective is marked with ほど (hodo), there should be no verb, since an adjective cannot be the agent or patient of a verb in Japanese.

Noun

ほど (rōmaji hodo)

1. degree, bounds, extent

Usage notes

• The phrase …にもほどがある (…ni mo hodo ga aru, “… has a limit”, literally “there is also a limit to …”) can be used to object to something.

  冗 (じょう)談 (だん)にも程 (ほど)がある。

  Jōdan ni mo hodo ga aru.

  There is a limit to jokes (to joking around).

  失礼 (しつれい)にも程 (ほど)がある。

  Shitsurei ni mo hodo ga aru.

  There is a limit to being rude.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of ほど – see the following entry.

【歩度】 [noun]walking pace

(This term, ほど, is the hiragana spelling of the Sino-Japanese term.)