► 名詞
度 [(2)たび] [この度] [liter] meaning: occasion rank: 2
☆ この度はわざわざお越し頂いて大変有り難うございます ⇨ Thank you very much for taking time to come visit this time
度 [(2)たび] meaning: time rank: 2
☆ その事は思い出す度に嫌な気分になる ⇨ Every time I remember that I get depressed
☆ 彼は口を開く度に文句を言う ⇨ He complains every time he opens his mouth
度 [ど] meaning: level rank: 2
☆ 両国間の緊張の度が高まった ⇨ The tension level between the two countries has risen
度 [ど] [度が過ぎる] meaning: level rank: 2
☆ 隣の家の騒音は度が過ぎる ⇨ The noise from the next door is too much and unacceptable (☛ Always negative connotations)
度 [ど] [度を越す] meaning: level rank: 2
☆ 度を越した悪ふざけ ⇨ A prank that crossed the line
度 [(3)たんび] [coll] meaning: time rank: 4
☆ 彼は刑務所を出るたんびにまた何かをして捕まる ⇨ He does something and gets arrested again every time he gets out of prison (☛ A coloquial emphatic alternative of たび)
► 接尾辞
度 [ど] meaning: temperature rank: 1
☆ 水は零度で凍る ⇨ Water freezes at 0 C
度 [ど] meaning: time rank: 1
☆ 一度か二度試してみては？ ⇨ Why don’t you try once or twice
☆ 一度会って話をしましょう ⇨ Let’s meet and talk once
☆ 三度目の正直 ⇨ Third time’s a charm (☛ A common phrase)
度 [ど] meaning: level rank: 2
☆ この施設は利用度が低い ⇨ This facility has a low usage level
☆ 信用度の低い政治家 ⇨ A politician with low credibility
☆ 完成度の高い技術 ⇨ A technology with high-degree of completeness, maturity
☆ 防犯カメラを設置すると安心度が高まる ⇨ Installing safety cameras improves the secure feelings
More examples:
- 彼は教育制度改革を提言した ⇨ He suggested restructuring of the educational system
- 非常に精度の高い検知器 ⇨ A sensor with very high accuracy
- 塩分を過度に摂取すると健康に害が有る ⇨ It is harmful to health when you take in too much sodium
- 彼の程度のテニス選手は幾らでもいる ⇨ There are countless tennis players of his level
- 被害者よりも加害者を保護する制度 ⇨ The system that protects perpetrators more than victims
- その商品の対する消費者の認知度は低い ⇨ The product is not very well recognized, known, among the consumers
- 徐々に変えるなら未だ分かるが、一度に全てを変えるのは無謀だ ⇨ It is doable if we change things gradually, but change everything all at once is stupid
- 全ての器具は使用後毎度洗浄されなくてはいけない ⇨ All the equipment must be washed after each use
- 何度言ったら分かるんだ？ ⇨ After how many times I tell you will you finally understand? How many times do I have to tell you?
- この装置はマイナス30度では動作しなかった ⇨ This device didn’t function at minus 30C
- 丁度いいところに彼が通りがかった ⇨ He passed by just when we needed him
- 彼女は重度の白痴だ ⇨ She has severe intellectual disability
- 最近夜中に何度も目覚める ⇨ Recently I wake up many times during the night
- 彼は何度失敗しても挫けない ⇨ He never gets demoralized no matter how many times he fails
- 彼はドイツとフランスを何度も行き来する ⇨ He goes back and forth between Germany and France