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よほど
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word よほど.
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Entry
1
Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); 余 is ateji
very; greatly; much; to a large extent; quite
Examples
彼はその話がよほど面白かったようだ。
It seems that he was very much amused by the story.
2
just about to; almost; very nearly
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