► 副助詞
程 [(2)ほど] meaning: approximate rank: 1
☆ 修理には三日程掛かります ⇨ The repair will take about three days
☆ 接着剤は二時間程で固まる ⇨ The adhesive will cure in about two hours
☆ 昨日は八時間程寝た ⇨ I slept about eight hours yesterday
程 [(2)ほど] meaning: as rank: 1
☆ あのラーメン屋は皆が言う程美味くはない ⇨ That ramen restaurant is not as good as people say
☆ このゲームは病みつきになる程面白い ⇨ This game is so fun that it is addictive
☆ 彼女はこの世のものと思えない程美しい ⇨ She is so beautiful, it feels she is not of this world
程 [ほど] [どれ程] meaning: however rank: 1
☆ この重要性はどれ程強調してもし過ぎることはない ⇨ The importance of this cannot be overemphasized no matter how much you emphasize
程 [(2)ほど] [すればする程] meaning: more rank: 1
☆ 料金は安ければ安い程良い ⇨ The lower the fee, the better
☆ 日日は早ければ早い程良い ⇨ For the date, the earlier the better
☆ 癌の発見は早ければ早い程良い ⇨ The earlier the discovery of cancer, the better
☆ 知れば知る程面白くなる ⇨ The more you know the more interesting it gets
☆ 考えれば考える程分からなくなる ⇨ The more I think the more I get confused
程 [(2)ほど] [あれ程] meaning: much rank: 1
☆ あれ程注意するよう言ったのに！ ⇨ I told him to be careful to that degree, many many times, repeatedly!
程 [(2)ほど] [これ程] meaning: much rank: 1
☆ 数学がこれ程面白いとは思わなかった ⇨ I didn’t expect mathematics to be this interesting
程 [(2)ほど] [それ程] meaning: much rank: 1
☆ 試験はそれ程難しくない ⇨ The exam is not that difficult
程 [(2)ほど] [どれ程] meaning: much rank: 1
☆ 彼は私達がどれ程苦労したか全く分かっていない ⇨ He has no idea how hard we had to work
► 名詞
程 [(2)ほど] meaning: level rank: 1
☆ そんなに騒ぐ程の事じゃないだろう ⇨ It is not as big a deal as you make it out to be
☆ 真偽の程は定かでない ⇨ It’s not clear how true or false it is
☆ 金を払ってまで見る程のものじゃない ⇨ It is not that good so that it is worth paying money to see
程 [(2)ほど] [程が有る] meaning: limit rank: 1
☆ ふざけるにも程が有る ⇨ There is a limit for kidding around. This is beyond the limit (☛ Always “程が有る” and never “程が無い”)
程 [(2)ほど] [～の程] [liter] meaning: that rank: 3
☆ 様々な企画を予定しておりますので、御期待の程 ⇨ We are planning many attractions, so please stay tuned
☆ 御協力の程、御願い申し上げます ⇨ Please cooperate with us. Your cooperation would be greatly appreciated (☛ Only serves to add politeness, and has no concrete, translatable meaning)
More examples:
- 日本人と中国人は漢字を通じてある程度意思疎通をすることが出来る ⇨ Japanese and Chinese can communicate to some degrees using, via, Kanji
- 馬鹿にも程がある ⇨ There is a limit even for stupidity. That stupidity is way over the top
- 少し聞きかじった程度の医学の知識はかえって危険だ ⇨ Superficially learned medical knowledge can be rather harmful
- 生産工程 ⇨ Manufacturing processes
- 彼等が負けた事そのものはそれ程驚きでないが、敵に完全に圧倒されたことは驚きだった ⇨ Their losing itself was not that big a surprise, but the way they were completely dominated by the opponent was
- 当時の日本の人口は一千万人程度だったと推定されている ⇨ The population of Japan at the time is estimated to be around 1 million
- 彼は日程を表にした ⇨ He put the schedule in a chart
- 彼は相続した金が腐る程有って、遊んで暮らしている ⇨ He has more inheritance money than he could use, and is just playing every day
- その程度の努力では成功するのは無理だ ⇨ You can’t succeed with that level of effort
- 体重がある程度増減するのは普通のことだ ⇨ It is normal for body weight to increase and decrease, fluctuate, to some degree
- 彼は余っ程の美人で無い限り美人だと言わない ⇨ He never calls a woman beautiful unless she is an earth-shaking beauty
- 日程が未だに定まっていない ⇨ The schedule still has not been set
- 費用は大抵一万円程度で済む ⇨ The cost is usually, for most cases, around ¥10K
- この怪我からの復帰には通常六ヶ月程度掛かる ⇨ Recovery from this injury usually takes about six months
- 彼は大学の博士課程にいる ⇨ He is on a college doctorate course