Degree & Extent

概要

この章では「Degree & Extent」に関わる日本語の文型をまとめて練習します。ルールを個別に覚えるだけでなく、実際の文の中でどう働くかまでつかめるようにするための章です。

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テーマ

この章のJapanese Grammar Basic (13)

1. ～だけ (only, just) だけ A particle that expresses a limit imposed upon something. It indicates that the quantity, extent, or scope of something is restricted to ...
2. ～だけで(は)なく～(も) (not only... but also) だけではなく A compound expression meaning 'not only X but also Y.' It connects two elements to indicate that X alone does not exhaust the relevant sc...
3. ～しか～ない (nothing but, only) しか A particle that marks an element X when nothing but X makes the expressed proposition true. It always requires a negative predicate and e...
4. ～ばかり (nothing but, only) ばかり A particle that indicates something is the only thing or state which exists or occurs, often with an implication of excess. It conveys th...
5. ～ほど (to the extent that, about) ほど A particle that indicates an extent or degree to which someone or something does something, or experiences a state. It can express approx...
6. ～くらい・ぐらい (about, approximately) くらい A particle that indicates an approximate quantity, extent, or degree. It can express rough estimates for amounts, time, and distance, as ...
7. ～ずつ (each, at a time) ずつ A particle that indicates equal distribution of quantity. It expresses that a certain amount applies to each member of a group, or that s...
8. ～まま (as it is, remaining) まま An expression indicating that an already given situation or condition remains unaltered. The state established by the first clause persis...
9. ～あまり～ない (not very, not much) あまり An adverb indicating that the degree of something is not great. When paired with a negative predicate, it means 'not very' or 'not much.'
10. ～ところだ (1) (it takes... to get to) ところ An expression indicating that a place is at a location which takes a certain amount of time or distance to reach. It describes how far so...
11. ～ところだ (2) (about to, in the middle of, just did) ところ An expression indicating that someone or something is in a particular temporal phase of an action: just about to do something, currently ...
12. ～堪らない・たまらない (unbearably, extremely) たまらない An expression indicating that the speaker cannot cope with or endure a situation. It conveys that a feeling, sensation, or desire is so i...
13. ～せっかく (with great effort, going out of one's way) せっかく An adverb indicating that a situation which seldom occurs has now occurred, and one can either make use of it or let it go to waste. It e...