よほど

余 程

Common word

  1. adverb (fukushi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no', adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

    very, greatly, much, to a large extent, quite
    余 is ateji
    word usually written using kana alone

    • 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. adverb (fukushi)

    just about to, almost, very nearly
    word usually written using kana alone