{"id":479,"date":"2017-10-16T19:38:29","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T23:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/guidetojapanese.org\/learn\/?p=479"},"modified":"2017-10-17T15:12:57","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T19:12:57","slug":"various-amounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guidetojapanese.org\/learn\/complete\/amounts","title":{"rendered":"Various amounts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that we learned how to use numbers and express date and time, it would be a good time to review how to express various amounts. Most amounts can be expressed with just vocabulary, many of which we’ve already seen. Below is a list of just some of the vocabulary used to describe various amounts.<\/p>\n

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  1. \u5c11\u3057 \u3010\u3059\u3053\u30fb\u3057\u3011\u3000- a little <\/li>\n
  2. \u3061\u3087\u3063\u3068 – a little (casual)<\/li>\n
  3. \u305f\u304f\u3055\u3093 – a lot<\/li>\n
  4. \u5c11\u306a\u3044 \u3010\u3059\u304f\u30fb\u306a\u3044\u3011 (i-adj) – few<\/li>\n
  5. \u591a\u3044\u3000\u3010\u304a\u304a\u30fb\u3044\u3011 (i-adj) – many<\/li>\n
  6. \u307e\u3060 – not yet<\/li>\n
  7. \u3082\u3046 – already; more<\/li>\n
  8. \u3082\u3046\u5c11\u3057 \u3010\u3082\u3046\u30fb\u3059\u3053\u30fb\u3057\u3011 – a little more<\/li>\n
  9. \u3082\u3063\u3068 – a lot more<\/li>\n
  10. \u305a\u3063\u3068 – a long time<\/li>\n
  11. \u3053\u3093\u306a\u306b – this much<\/li>\n
  12. \u305d\u3093\u306a\u306b – that much<\/li>\n
  13. \u3042\u3093\u306a\u306b – that much (over there)<\/li>\n
  14. \uff5e\u304f\u3089\u3044\uff0f\uff5e\u3050\u3089\u3044 – about \uff5e<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Expectation of more<\/h2>\n

    There are two particles that are used to express the word “only”: \u300c\u3060\u3051\u300d and \u300c\u3057\u304b\u300d. Just like every other particle, these particles attach to the end of the word that they apply to. The primary difference with \u300c\u3057\u304b\u300d is that it must<\/i> be used with the negative and emphasizes the lack of something.<\/p>\n

    Example<\/h3>\n
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    1. \u8089 \u3010\u306b\u304f\u3011 – meat<\/li>\n
    2. \u4eca\u591c \u3010\u3053\u3093\u30fb\u3084\u3011 – tonight<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      1. \u8089\u3060\u3051\u98df\u3079\u308b<\/em>\u3002
        \nEat only meat.<\/li>\n
      2. \u8089\u3057\u304b\u98df\u3079\u306a\u3044<\/em>\u3002
        \nNot eat anything but meat.\n<\/li>\n
      3. \u4eca\u591c\u306f\u3001\u4e8c\u4eba\u3060\u3051<\/em>\u3067\u884c\u304d\u307e\u3057\u3087\u3046\u3002
        \nLet’s go just the two of us tonight. (lit: As for tonight, let’s go by way of only two people.)<\/li>\n
      4. \uff15\uff10\uff10\u5186\u3057\u304b<\/em>\u6301\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3002
        \n(I) only have 500 yen.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Too much of something<\/h2>\n

        An excess of something is expressed with the ru-verb \u300c\u904e\u304e\u308b\u300d\uff08\u3059\u30fb\u304e\u308b\uff09 which means, “to pass” or “to exceed”. There are several rules for attaching this verb to adjectives and other verbs. As \u300c\u3059\u304e\u308b\u300d is a regular ru-verb, all subsequent conjugations are the same as any other ru-verb.<\/p>\n

        \nUsing \u300c\u3059\u304e\u308b\u300d to indicate it’s too much<\/span><\/p>\n