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Yuzuo Chan
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11.06.2025
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Meaning

To the extent that ~: B is so strong/high that it reaches the degree of A.
Not as ~ as ~: A is not as B as N (N ほど ~ない).
The more ~, the more ~: as A increases, B increases too (~ば~ほど).
About ~, approximately ~ (after a quantity or time).

Conjugation

(A)N + ほど + (B): (A)Vcasual + ほど + (B) (A)Aい + ほど + (B) (A)Naな + ほど + (B)

Examples

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駅前えきまえには数かぞえきれないほどたくさんの店みせがある。
昨日きのうは歩あるけないほど疲つかれた。
あの映画えいがを見みて、涙なみだが出でるほど笑わらった。
今年ことしの夏なつは去年きょねんほど暑あつくないです。
日本語にほんごは勉強べんきょうすればするほど面白おもしろくなります。
駅えきまで歩あるいて10分じゅっぷんほどかかります。

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grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 今年ことしは去年きょねんほど暑あついです。(intended: 'hotter than last year')
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 今年ことしは去年きょねんより暑あついです。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: Nほど + a positive predicate means 'as hot as', not 'hotter than'. For 'hotter than' use Nより〜, and for 'not as hot as' use Nほど〜ない. 今年は去年ほど暑いです is grammatical only when you mean 'as hot as last year'.
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: この部屋へやは静しずかほどよく勉強べんきょうできる。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: この部屋へやは静しずかなら静しずかなほど、よく勉強べんきょうできる。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: For 'the more ~, the more ~', repeat a な-adjective with なら〜なほど: 静しずかなら静しずかなほど. 静しずかほど is not the natural form here, because a な-adjective needs な before ほど.
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 日本語にほんごは勉強べんきょうすればほど面白おもしろくなります。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 日本語にほんごは勉強べんきょうすればするほど面白おもしろくなります。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: The ~ば~ほど pattern needs the repeated verb: Vば + Vる + ほど. Vば cannot be followed directly by ほど. Plain 勉強べんきょうするほど面白おもしろくなります is also grammatical, but ~ば~ほど states the proportional relationship more explicitly.

Key points

Use ほど to show how extreme a state or action is by giving a concrete or exaggerated example (「泣なくほど」「数かぞえられないほど」). It is slightly more written or formal than くらい/ぐらい, but is common in speech too.
In the 'not as ~ as' meaning, ほど is typically followed by a negative: 去年きょねんほど暑あつくない. For 'more than' use より, and for 'as ~ as' use くらい or 同おなじくらい. In the approximation meaning, ほど is similar to くらい/ぐらい but a little more formal. It is used only with quantities and durations, not with dates or clock times.
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