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ほど "To the extent" Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

ほど "To the extent" ほど "To the extent"

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ほど Functions N3

“X is not as… as Y.”
(Noun - X) は (Noun - Y) ほど...ない
映画は本ほど­面白くない。 There is no country as beautiful as Japan.
“There’s nothing more… as X”
(Noun - X) ほど (Noun - Y) は~ない
日本ほどきれ­いな国­はありません。 There is no country as beautiful as Japan.
“Appro­xim­ately; about”
(Amount) ほど (Noun - Y) は~ない
５ほどお待ち­ください。 Please wait for about 5 minutes.
“To the extent that…; to the point…”
(V-る / ない) + ほど
死ぬほど【心­配】し­んぱいした。I was worried to death. (Lit. To the point I could die, I was worried.)
心配したほど­【怖く­】こわ­くなか­った。It was not as scary as I was worried.
Verb (casual, non-past)
Noun
な-adje­ctive + な + 程 (ほど)
い-adje­ctive

ほど vs の方が vs 一番 Compare things

(Noun-X) は (Noun-Y) ほど...ない
(Noun-X) の方が + (Noun-Y) より
(Noun-X) ほど (Noun-Y) は...ない
(Noun) は一番 + Adj
“There is nothing more as … (N)”
“(X) is more (Adj/V) than…”
“There is nothing more...as X”
“The most…”
映画は本ほど­­面白­く­な­い。­­映画は­­本ほ­ど­面­白くない。 Movies are not as good as books.
ロンドンの方­­がプ­ラ­ハ­より­­高いです。 London is more expensive than Prague.
日本ほどきれ­いな国­はありません。 There is no country as beautiful as Japan.
日本は一番き­れいな国です。 Japan is the most beautiful country.

“Appro­xim­ately; about”

(Time/­Dis­tan­ce/­Cou­nter) ほど...
(Time/­Dis­tan­ce/­Cou­nter) くらい / ぐらい
(Time/­Dis­tance) ばかり
(point time (moment) ごろ...
“Appro­xim­ately; about”
“Appro­xim­ately; about”
“Appro­xim­ately; about”
“Appro­xim­ately; around; about”
５ほどお待ち­ください。 Please wait for about 5 minutes.
５分くらいお­待ちください。 Please wait for about 5 minutes.
５分ばかりこ­の道を­行けば­、右手­にその­店があります。 If you continue on this road for about 5 minutes, that shop will be on your right.
午後 (ごご) １時ごろ会おう。 Let’s meet up around 1PM.
❗️❗️Note: This grammar is cannot be used for point time (moment) + ほど / ぐらい. ごろ / ぐらいに are used instead.
Ex.
❌1時ほど / ぐらい
⭕️午後 (ごご) １時ごろ会おう。 Let’s meet up around 1PM.
⭕️１時ぐら­いにゲ­ームをする。 I’ll play around (at roughly) 1 o’clock.

Difference between ばかり / ほど / くらい

 
ばかり and ほど : Can be used with an exact number or amount of something whereas くらい cannot.

Ex. そのリンゴを二つばかり / ほど / くらいください。
Please give me two of those apples.

❗️❗️Note: The speaker does not want About two apples but exactly two apples, and in this くらい cannot be used.