〜ほど — So much that, to that degree | JLPT N4 grammar

Meaning

Shows degree or intensity: how strongly something is felt or expressed.

20 sentences

このスープはびっくりするほど熱いあついです
This soup is hot enough to surprise you.
昨日きのうは手てが痛いいたいほど字じを書きかきました
Yesterday I wrote so much that my hand hurt.
その映画えいがは眠れねむれないほど面白かっおもしろかったです
That movie was so interesting that I could not sleep afterward.
このケーキは毎日まいにち食べたべたいほどおいしいです
This cake is delicious enough to make me want to eat it every day.
思っおもったほど難しくむずかしくありません
It is not as difficult as I thought.
駅えきまで走っはしったので話せはなせないほど息いきが切れきれました
I ran to the station so hard that I was too out of breath to speak.
山やまの頂上ちょうじょうは空そらに手てが届きとどきそうなほど高かったかかったです
The mountaintop was so high that the sky seemed within reach.
その子猫こねこはポケットに入るはいるほど小さいちいさいです
The kitten is small enough to fit in a pocket.

12 more examples

会場かいじょうは時計とけいの音おとが聞こえるきこえるほど静かしずかでした
The hall was quiet enough to hear the clock.
涙なみだが出るでるほど笑いわらいました
I laughed so much that tears came out.
足あしが動かうごかないほど疲れつかれました
I am so tired that I cannot move my legs.
声こえが出でないほど驚きおどろきました
I was so surprised that I could not speak.
泣きなきたいほど嬉しいうれしいです
I am so happy I could cry.
この鞄かばんは子どもこどもでも持てもてるほど軽いかるいです
This bag is so light that even a child can carry it.
手てが痛くいたくなるほど練習れんしゅうしました
I practised so much that my hands hurt.
町まちが見えみえないほど霧きりが深いふかいです
The fog is so thick that the town is invisible.
何度なんども読みよみたいほど面白いおもしろい本ほんです
This book is so interesting I want to read it again and again.
千円せんえんほどあれば足りたります
About a thousand yen will be enough.
十分じゅっぷんほどここで待っまってください
Please wait here for about ten minutes.
三キロさんキロほど歩きあるきました
I walked about three kilometres.

In Aほど…ない, A is the comparison standard: 兄ほど高くない means not as tall as my brother.

Pick the translation of each sentence. The wrong options translate similar patterns, so watch the grammar rather than the words.

Sentence 1: 会場かいじょうは時計とけいの音おとが聞こえるきこえるほど静かしずかでした This bag is too expensive.There is only milk in the refrigerator.The hall was quiet enough to hear the clock.
Sentence 2: 手てが痛くいたくなるほど練習れんしゅうしました I practised so much that my hands hurt.I only have Sunday off.I ate too much yesterday.
Sentence 3: 三キロさんキロほど歩きあるきました You can only use cash at this shop.This problem is too difficult.I walked about three kilometres.

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