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\mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{Pseudonoun: "To the extent of/that..."} \tn 
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(A) は (B) \seqsplit{ほど...ない} (negative only) & "(N) as not as (adj) … as (N)" & \seqsplit{父は母ほど【料理】りょうりが上手じゃないです。} My father is not as good as my mother at cooking. \tn 
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(Topic - X) ほど (Adj modifying N) は\textasciitilde{}ない (things) / いない (people) & "There is nothing more (adj)...as X" & \seqsplit{日本ほどきれいな国はありません。} There is no country as beautiful as Japan. \tn 
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\seqsplit{あれ、それ、どれ} + ほど & "A is not as...as this, that..." & \seqsplit{どれほど【物価】ぶっかが上がるかは誰も知りません。Nobody} knows to what extent prices will go up. \tn 
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V-る + ほど (I could…) & "I was (verb) to the point/to the extent that… \seqsplit{(exaggeration)"} & \seqsplit{寝られないほどうるさかった。} It was so noisy to the extent that I couldn't sleep. \tn 
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ほど\textasciitilde{}ない (Negative) & "Not as… I (expected)" & \seqsplit{思っていたほど怖くなかった。} It wasn't as scary as I thought it would be. \tn 
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\{\{bt=2\}\} \{\{fa-rocket\}\}{\bf{(Noun-X) は (Noun-Y) ほど...ない}} & \{\{bt=2\}\} \{\{fa-rocket\}\}{\bf{(Noun-X) の方が + (Noun-Y) より}} & \{\{bt=2\}\} \{\{fa-rocket\}\}{\bf{(Noun-X) は (Noun-Y) ほど...ない}} \tn 
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{\bf{"(N) as not as … as (N)"}} & {\bf{"(X) is more (Adj/V) than…"}} & {\bf{"(N) as much as … as (N)"}} \tn 
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\seqsplit{映画は本ほど面白くない。映画は本ほど面白くない。} & \seqsplit{本の方が映画より面白いです。} & \seqsplit{(私は)お相撲さんほど食べません。} \tn 
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Movies are not as good as books. & Books are better than movies. & I don't eat as much as a sumo wrestler. \tn 
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\seqsplit{プラハはロンドンほど高くない。} & \seqsplit{ロンドンの方がプラハより高いです。} & (私は) \seqsplit{【同僚】どうりょう} \seqsplit{ほど飲まない。} \tn 
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Prague is not as expensive as London. & London is more expensive than Prague. & I don't drink as much as my colleagues. \tn 
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\seqsplit{(私は）【看護師】かんごしの友達} \seqsplit{ほど忙しくないです。} & \seqsplit{かんごしの友達} \seqsplit{の方が私より忙しい。} & \{\{ar\}\} \tn 
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I'm not as busy as my friend who is a nurse. & My friend who is a nurse is busier than I am. & \{\{ar\}\} \tn 
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My father is not as good as my mother at cooking. & My mother is better at cooking than my father. & \{\{ar\}\} \tn 
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\seqsplit{あなたほど綺麗な人はいません。} There is no one more beautiful than you. & \seqsplit{あなたが一番綺麗な人です。} You are the most beautiful person. \tn 
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\seqsplit{日本ほど綺麗な国はない。There} is no country as (more) beautiful as Japan. & \seqsplit{日本は一番きれいな国です。}  Japan is the most beautiful country. \tn 
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OR \seqsplit{日本ほど綺麗な国はありません。} & \{\{ar\}\} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{-In Japanese, it is considered culturally impolite to specify exact numbers as it's like forcing the listener into a box. You want to give your listener a choice. Therefore, it is more polite to say approximate numbers instead.} \tn 
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{\bf{"Approximately; about"}} & {\bf{"Approximately; about"}} & {\bf{"For about..."}} \tn 
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\{\{bt=2\}\}❗️❗️Note: Shall not be used for point time (moment; ON THE DOT) & \{\{bt=2\}\}❗️❗️Note: Shall not be used for point time (moment; ON THE DOT) & \{\{bt=2\}\}-This meaning only applies when used with a noun that indicates time or distance. \tn 
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\seqsplit{５分ほどお待ちください。} & \seqsplit{５分くらいお待ちください。} & \seqsplit{５分ばかりこの道を行けば、右手にその店があります。} \tn 
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Please wait for about 5 minutes. & Please wait for about 5 minutes. & If you continue on this road for about 5 minutes, that shop will be on your right. \tn 
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I was made to wait about 3 hours. & \{\{ar\}\} &  \tn 
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I read about eight books. & \{\{ar\}\} &  \tn 
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Would you please lend me about $\frac{3}{4}$5,000? & \{\{ar\}\} &  \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{❗️❗️Note: ほど /くらい / ぐらい cannot be used for point time (moment; ON THE DOT) + ほど / ぐらい。 Instead, you have to use 【頃】ごろ (formal) / ぐらいに (inf)。 \newline  \newline  Ex.  \newline ❌1時ほど / ぐらい \newline ⭕️午後 (ごご) \seqsplit{１時ごろ会おう。	Let's} meet up around 1PM. \newline ⭕️１時ぐらいにゲームをする。	I'll play around (at roughly) 1 o'clock.}  \tn 
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 & (Lit. I was worried to the point I could die.) \tn 
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\seqsplit{死ぬほど【疲れた】つかれた。} & I'm tired to death. \tn 
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 & (Lit. I'm so tired to the point I could die.) \tn 
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\seqsplit{よだれが【出る】でるほどおいしい。} & It's so delicious to the point I could drool. \tn 
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 & (= It's extremely delicious.) \tn 
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\seqsplit{あくびが出るほどつまらない。} & It's so boring to the point I could yawn. \tn 
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 & (= It's extremely boring.) \tn 
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\seqsplit{【動けない】うごけなくなるほど食べた。} & I ate so much that I could hardly move. \tn 
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 & (Lit. I ate to the point I became unable to move.) \tn 
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\seqsplit{【お腹】おなかが痛くなるほど食べた。} & I ate so much that my stomach hurts. \tn 
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 & (Lit. I ate to the point my stomach hurts.) \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\seqsplit{息【いき】を【呑む】のむほど【美しい】うつくしい。} \newline 息【いき】: breath \newline 【呑む】のむ: to drink;swallow but it usually means to conceal (like you keep it inside of you)  \newline 息【いき】を【呑む】のむ: To gasp (like when something takes your breath away) \newline It's breathtakingly beautiful.  \newline (Lit. It's so beautiful to the point that it takes my breath away.) \newline (Lit. It's so beautiful to the point that I conceal/swallow my breath.)}  \tn 
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\{\{bt=2\}\}\{\{fa-rocket\}\}{\bf{Verb (plain) V-る/ない + ほど}} & \{\{bt=2\}\} & \{\{bt=2\}\} \tn 
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{\bf{"...is incredibly/unbelievably…;"}} & {\bf{"To the extent that..."}} & {\bf{(Demonstrative) \seqsplit{あれ、それ、どれ} + ほど "To WHAT extent..."}} \tn 
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\{\{bt=2\}\} & \{\{bt=2\}\} & \{\{bt=2\}\}"A is/is not... as this, that..." \tn 
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\seqsplit{このショッピングモールはびっくりするほど大きい。} & \seqsplit{寝られないほどうるさかった。} & \seqsplit{どれほど【物価】ぶっかが上がるかは誰も知りません。} \tn 
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This shopping mall is surprisingly big. & It was so noisy to the extent that I couldn't sleep. & Nobody knows to what extent prices will go up. \tn 
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(Lit. It's so big to the extent that I'm surprised.) &  & \{\{ar\}\} \tn 
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\seqsplit{この薬は試飲時られないほど【効く】きく。} & A. \seqsplit{あなたは日本語が上手ですね。} & \{\{ar\}\} \tn 
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This medicine works unbelievably well. & Your Japanese is good! & \{\{ar\}\} \tn 
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(Lit. It's so effective to the point that I can't believe it.) &  & \{\{ar\}\} \tn 
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\seqsplit{ミサ先生は} \seqsplit{信じられないほど} \seqsplit{日本語を教えるのが上手です。} & B. \seqsplit{いいえ、それほどではありません。} & \{\{ar\}\} \tn 
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Misa-sensei is an incredibly good at teaching Japanese. & Not to that extent (you're saying). & \{\{ar\}\} \tn 
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\seqsplit{【数えれない】かぞえきれないほど人が【多い】おおい。} & \seqsplit{去年の冬は【暖房】だんぼうを入れなかったほど【暖かい】あたたかったです。} & \{\{ar\}\} \tn 
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There are more people I can count. & Last year's winter was so warm (to the extent) that I didn't turn on the heater. & \{\{ar\}\} \tn 
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(Lit. There are so many people to the extent that it's countless/I can't count.) \seqsplit{【数える】かぞえる：to} count; to enumerate & \seqsplit{その仕事は誰でもできるほど難しくないです。} & \{\{ar\}\} \tn 
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\seqsplit{星の【数】かずほど男はいる。} & That job is so easy (not difficult) that anyone can do it. & \{\{ar\}\} \tn 
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There are as many men as the number of stars. & \seqsplit{【地震】じしんは【建物】たてものが【倒れる】たおれたほど強かったです。} & \{\{ar\}\} \tn 
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\seqsplit{国にいえないほどびっくりしました。} & The earthquake was so strong that the buildings collapsed. & \{\{ar\}\} \tn 
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I was so surprised (to the extent) that I couldn't say anything. & \{\{ar\}\} &  \tn 
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\seqsplit{泣きたいほど心配したんです。} & \{\{ar\}\} &  \tn 
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I was so worried (to the extent) that I wanted to cry. & \{\{ar\}\} &  \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Famous Expressions "To the point that"}}  \tn
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\{\{fa-check\}\}{\bf{びっくりするほど}} & \{\{fa-check\}\}{\bf{痛いほど}} \tn 
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Surprisingly… (It's so… to the extent I'm surprised.) & Truly / fully (to the point it hurts) \tn 
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\{\{fa-check\}\}{\bf{死ぬほど}} & \{\{fa-check\}\}{\bf{【想像】そうぞうしたほど…ない}} \tn 
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To the point that I could die & Not as… as I expected \tn 
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\{\{fa-check\}\}{\bf{数えれない】かぞえきれないほど}} & \{\{fa-check\}\}{\bf{思ったほど…ない}} \tn 
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To the point it's countless & Not as… as I thought \tn 
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\{\{fa-check\}\}{\bf{星の【数】かずほど}} & \{\{fa-check\}\}{\bf{心配したほど…ない}} \tn 
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As many as the number of stars & Not as… as I worried \tn 
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\{\{fa-check\}\}{\bf{山ほど}} & \{\{fa-check\}\}{\bf{口ほどにもない}} \tn 
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"Countless"  (Lit. As many as mountains = gazillion) & All bark and no bite. (Lit. It's not as much as your mouth) (Lit. Not as true as "the mouth" claims) \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{ほど "Not as... as... expected" vs 通り}}  \tn
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\{\{bt=2\}\}\{\{fa-rocket\}\}{\bf{(V-plain) ほど\textasciitilde{}ない (Negative)}} & \{\{bt=2\}\}\{\{fa-rocket\}\}{\bf{(V-plain) とおり\textasciitilde{} (Affirmative)}} \tn 
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\{\{bt=2\}\}"Not as… I (expected)" & \{\{bt=2\}\}"Just as I (expected)" \tn 
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\{\{ar\}\} & -Something happens as planned/thought \tn 
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\{\{ar\}\} & V-る/た とおり / Noun + どおり \tn 
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\seqsplit{思っていたほど怖くなかった。} It wasn't as scary as I thought it would be. & \seqsplit{心配した【通り】とおり【怖かった】こわかった。} It was scary just as I worried. \tn 
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\seqsplit{心配したほど【怖く】こわくなかった。	} It was not as scary as I was worried. & \{\{ar\}\} \tn 
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\seqsplit{心配したほどひどい怪我じゃない。} The wound/injury is not as bad as I worried. & \{\{ar\}\} \tn 
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\seqsplit{心配したほど痛くなかった。} It's not as painful as I worried. & \{\{ar\}\} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{"Getting more and more"}}  \tn
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\{\{bt=2\}\} \{\{fa-rocket\}\}{\bf{Verb / Adj えば / なら + ほど "The more… the more…"}} & \{\{bt=2\}\} \{\{fa-rocket\}\}{\bf{V-ていく  "It will get/become more and more" (About the future) }} & \{\{bt=2\}\} \{\{fa-rocket\}\}{\bf{V-てきた   "Getting / becoming more and more; the beginning of a gradual change" }} \tn 
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\{\{bt=2\}\} & \{\{bt=2\}\}ていく → Present to Future & \{\{bt=2\}\}てくる → Past to Present \tn 
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 & -Focuses on the the fact that the change will continue; not necessarily that change has already happened & \{\{ar\}\} \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{} \tn 
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\seqsplit{ピリピンの食べ物を食べれば、食べるほど食べたくなるんです。} & \{\{ar\}\} & \seqsplit{【太って】ふってきた。} I'm starting to gain weight. \tn 
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The more you eat Philippine food, the more you'll crave for it. & \{\{ar\}\} &  \tn 
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\seqsplit{ニンニクをたくさんつけば、入れるほど美味しいと思います。I} think the more garlic you use, the more delicious it is. & \seqsplit{もっと暑くなっていきます。It's} going to start getting even hotter. (It's already hot now but it will keep getting hotter.) & \seqsplit{気持ち悪くなってきた。I'm} starting to feel sick. \tn 
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\seqsplit{【危害】きがいはボタンが【少ない】すくなければ少ないほどいいです。} & \seqsplit{１０月【頃】ごろから寒くなっていく。From} around October, it's going to get colder. & \seqsplit{暑くなってきた。It's} getting hotter.  (It's starting to get hot; the beginning of change but also implying that it's changing gradually) \tn 
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The less buttons in the machine, the better. & {\bf{VS}} & {\bf{VS}} \tn 
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 & \seqsplit{１０月【頃】ごろから寒くなる。From} around October, it's going to get hot.  (It will become hot and doesn't imply anything about the change or the progress) & \seqsplit{暑くなって【始めた】はじめた。It} began to get hot.  (Focuses on the beginning) \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{\{\{ar\}\}} \tn 
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 &  & \seqsplit{痛くなってきた。It's} starting to hurt. \tn 
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\{\{ar\}\} & \{\{ar\}\} &  \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{3}{x{5.377cm}}{{\bf{VOCABS:}} \newline  \newline 【危害】きがい： injury; harm; danger}  \tn 
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