► 名詞
程度 [(1)ていど] meaning: approximate rank: 1
☆ 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
程度 [(1)ていど] meaning: level rank: 1
☆ この問題は高校生程度の数学力があれば解ける ⇨ You can solve this problem if you have high-school level math knowledge
☆ 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
☆ 何事も程度の問題だ ⇨ Everything is a matter of degree
☆ 手入れはその程度で十分です ⇨ That level of maintenance is enough
☆ 程度の低い冗談 ⇨ A low-class, bad-taste, joke (☛ Not “low in social hierarchy” but “vulgar”, “lacking class”)
程度 [(1)ていど] [ある程度] meaning: level rank: 1
☆ ある程度の消耗は正常だ ⇨ A certain level of wear and tear is normal
☆ 子供はある程度自由にさせなくてはいけない ⇨ You have to give your children a certain level of freedom
More examples:
- 彼の程度のゴルフ選手は掃いて捨てる程いる ⇨ There are so many golfers of his skill level that you have to sweep and discard them
- 彼の程度のテニス選手はそこら中にいる ⇨ Tennis players of his level are everywhere, dime a dozen
- この程度の事で慌ててどうする？ ⇨ You shouldn’t be flustered with trivial thing like this
- 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
- 子供はある程度自由にさせることが必要だ ⇨ It is necessary to let children do what they want to some degree
- 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
- 費用は大抵一万円程度で済む ⇨ The cost is usually, for most cases, around ¥10K
- この程度の装備にしてはやたらと値段が高い ⇨ The price is so high for this level of the features
- ある程度の不便は仕方無い ⇨ Some level of inconvenience is inevitable
- 外国語を完全に習得するにはある程度の時間がかかる ⇨ It takes a certain amount of time to learn a foreign language completely
- お酒は嗜む程度です ⇨ I only drink moderately
- 彼の程度の実力では世界では話にならない ⇨ His level of skills won’t get him anywhere in the world stage
- 彼とは顔見知り程度で、良くは知らない ⇨ I recognize his face but don’t know him well
- 彼の技は素人に毛が生えた程度だ ⇨ His skills are those of amateur with hair, a little better than amateurs at best
- 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