幾度となく

• 読み: いくどとなく
• ローマ字: ikudo to naku
• 漢字の分解: 幾 (iku) — how many, several; 度 (do) — times, degree
• 発音: /i.kɯ.do.to.na.kɯ/

意味

On countless occasions; innumerable times; time and again.

A literary adverb expressing that something has happened many times without a specific count. More formal and emphatic than 何度も (nando mo). The structure combines 幾度 (ikudo, how many times) with となく (to naku, without limit/innumerably). Commonly found in written narratives, essays, and speeches to emphasise persistence or repetition.

例文

1. 彼女は幾度となく困難を乗り越えてきた。
2. 幾度となく挑戦した末にようやく合格した。
3. この場所には幾度となく訪れたことがある。

使い方ガイド

場面: literature, speeches, essays, narratives

トーン: emphatic

起源と歴史

From 幾度 (ikudo, how many times) + となく (to naku, without specifying). Literally 'without specifying how many times,' evolved into an emphatic expression for repeated occurrence.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal