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Learn Hardcore Japanese: kanari - quite a lot

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 22
/kanari

kanari

Word

かなりkanari

Meaning

quite a lot

Part of speech

adverb

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of kanari

彼女かのじょ　は　普通ふつう　は　静しずか　だ　が、　会議かいぎ　で　は　かなり　話はなす。kanojo wa futsuu wa shizuka da ga, kaigi de wa kanari hanasu.

She’s usually quiet, but she talks quite a lot in meetings.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

食料しょくりょう　が　少すくない　とき　は、　缶詰かんづめ　が　ある　だけ　で　かなり　助たすかります。shokuryou ga sukunai toki wa, kanzume ga aru dake de kanari tasukarimasu.

When food is scarce, just having canned food helps a lot.

この　部屋へや　は　静しずか　だ　し、　駅えき　に　も　近ちかい　ので、　かなり　気きに入いって　います。kono heya wa shizuka da shi, eki ni mo chikai node, kanari kiniitte imasu.

I like this room a lot because it’s quiet and also close to the station.

秋あき　の　京都きょうと　は　観光客かんこうきゃく　が　多おおい　うえ　に、　駅えき　の　周まわり　も　かなり　混こみます。aki no kyouto wa kankoukyaku ga ooi ue ni, eki no mawari mo kanari komimasu.

Kyoto in autumn has many tourists, and on top of that, the area around the station gets very crowded.

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