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Questions tagged [particle-くらい]

助詞「くらい」. An adverbial particle derived from the noun 位 indicating an approximate quantity or extent. Also appears in the form ぐらい; please use this tag for ぐらい as well.

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The difference between くらい and ほど in hyperbole

The following two sentences, I believe, are grammatically okay, however I'm not sure on how they differ in nuance. もう[歩]{ある}けないほど[疲]{つか}れた！ もう歩けないくらい疲れた！ Additionally, why is it that: [死]{し}ぬほど[恥]{は}ずかしい is grammatically okay…
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What is the difference between どのぐらい and どれぐらい?

I just heard a sentence this morning - "how much money do you have?" お金、どれぐらい　ある？ I have always been taught "how much" is どのぐらい so hearing どれぐらい has caught me off-guard. As I recall we use この with an object, and これ when there is not…
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Understanding のひとつぐらい in this context

Another question on my favourite hole. An opportunist has offered to buy the hole and rebuild the shrine for the villagers: 村長が答えるさきに、村の者たちが、 「本当かい。それならもっと村の近くがいい。」 「穴のひとつぐらい、あげますよ。」 と口々に叫んだので、きまってしまった。 Before the village head man could…
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Difference between くらい and くらいに

...., これ以上ないくらいに大きく目を見開いて、...　 she opened her eyes as wide as possible ... I don't understand what に is doing here. I've seen plenty of examples where くらい acts adverbially without needing に. So why is it there, and what happens if I omit it? If…
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Is くらい required in 「牛乳ぐらいは買ってください」?

A tutorial on the は-particle provides the following sentence: 牛乳ぐらいは買ってください。 At least buy milk, please. The author then notes: Grammar Note: The particle kurai/gurai くらい・ぐらい is frequently used with this function of the particle は to express "at…
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どうして「〜たいくらいだ」には「くらい」が出るのですか

最近「むしろあなたに英語を教えてもらいたいくらいだ」という文を見かけたのですけど、英訳の「I'd rather you teach me English」を言ってみたとしたら、私なら「くらいだ」なしで、「むしろあなたに英語を教えてもらいたい」とかになるでしょうから、「くらいだ」の働きや必要性に悩んでいるのです。この「くらい」は、最低限を表すものと同じなのですか。何か軽蔑を表しているわけですか。 よろしくお願いします。
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Which verb does くらい modify in this sentence?

Which verb does the phrase ending with くらい modify in the following sentence? 気の遠くなるくらい　むこうにある何か見つめて Does it modify the ある or the 見つめる? So is it He is staring at something that is overwhelmingly far away, ... or He is staring at something far…
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ちょっとぐらい　/　ちょっとくらい　meaning

I've found a sentence like this: 私がちょっとぐらい 自己中で 常識がなくても　許してくれる Which I've parsed as: Even if I'm selfish and lack common sense, he'll forgive me, to the extent that it's just a bit. or more naturally, He'll tolerate even my selfishness and…
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Meaning of 〜くらいには and a tricky sentence

I am trying to figure out the meaning of a difficult sentence: しかしそういう主観に支配されるくらいには、彼女との出会いが気の置けない友達と会うようなものではないことを僕は理解していた My main issue here is with the expression "くらいには" and what it means in this context. A secondary issue is the word 主観,…
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What is the meaning of くらい in 優しいくらいなんだ?

A guy walking with his girl produced the following inner monologue, commenting on how nice she is. 付き合ってること親に黙っててくれてるってだけで...優しいくらいなんだ I am uncertain about the meaning of くらい after 優しい. I am wondering if this definition is relevant…
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Can だけ be changed into くらい in this sentence? 心配するだけアホらしいっていうか

Here is a sentence I found 心配するだけアホらしいっていうか。 Worrying about it is stupid. I think that it is interchangeable with くらい since I think it's the "extent of" use of だけ
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How to express "I'm so X that Y?"

I found these two grammar points but I can't seem to be able to use them to express what I want. くらい、ほど Let's say I want to say "I'm so full that I will never walk again" The closest I can think of is this 歩くことはないくらいお腹いっぱい But is there a way to…
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What comes after this くらい

In the sentence 燕もよくやるって他人事のように感じてしまうくらい in the below passage I am unclear as to what the implied bit after くらい is. The bit that confused me is that there is a full stop after くらい but then she continues on describing the way she has acted towards 燕,…
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Understanding くらい

五千円で一万円の物が買えないってことくらい、まる子にだって分かる。 Even Maruko understands that you can't buy a thing worth 10,000 yen with 5000 yen. What does くらい add to this sentence? I think it suggests that although she doesn't know much, she knows at least this one fact.…
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Postpositional or prepositional くらい

I heard the following phrase from an ad for Jetstar Japan: びっくりするくらい最低よね！ I know the individual meaning of the words. びっくりする - to be surprised, くらい - around(?) 最低 - lowest/cheapest This ad is from a low cost carrier in Japan. Putting all these…
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