Keyword
extent
Info
FrequencyTop 300-400
Type
Kyōiku (5th grade) 
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KankenLevel 6
Heisig960
Readings
てい
(59%)
ほど
(40%)
Composed of
grain plant
to present
Mnemonic components
grain plant
mouth
king
Mnemonic

A king can easily tell the extent of his kingdom by how much food he has available to put in his mouth. The bigger the kingdom the more grain plants he owns, and the more food he can eat.

Used in vocabulary (199 in total)
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
to some extent; to a certain extent
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
Examples (91 in total)
This book is too difficult for me to understand.
The more, the better.
I have no idea to what extent I can trust them.
What degree of interest did he show?
How much do you believe him?
To what extent can he be trusted?
To what degree can we trust him?
As I told you earlier, he's not here.
I can trust him to a certain extent.
You can believe his report to a certain degree.
His opinion is right to some extent.
What he says is true to some extent.
He was, to some degree, satisfied with the result.
She can be trusted to some degree.
She accepted the proposal to a certain degree.
I can understand this problem to some extent.
Wind energy has been used to some extent in many countries.
In a sense, I can understand his confusion.
We all suffer from it to some degree.
It is necessary to do some exercise every day.
This problem is so easy that I can solve it.
Our success was due in part to good luck.
He says he has achieved his goal to a certain extent.
I agree with you to some extent.
She speaks Japanese to some extent.
His lecture is far more difficult than Mr Tanaka's.
This book has a certain value.
To what degree are you interested in baseball?
I explained the process to him.
He was in the process of making a final decision.
The process is important.
Their efforts made the situation better to a certain degree.
He has not become rich, but he had a certain measure of success.
To what extent was the report true?
My brother is rich enough to buy a car.
He is not too poor to buy a bicycle.
I forgot what the exact price was, but it was about 170 dollars.
He explained the process of building a boat.
This gun has a range of 300 meters.
There is no easy process of learning.
The mayor will compromise to a certain extent.
She has a high grade of intelligence.
He could not speak, he was so angry.
For some reason the microphone didn't work earlier.
I soon learned how to swim.
First, please take about 3 minutes to introduce yourself.
What he said applies, to a certain extent, to this case.
Your answer is far from perfect.
Your answer is anything but perfect.
His answer was far from satisfactory.
The medicine hastened the process of growth.
He changes his schedule from day to day.
The date will be determined later.
He explained the process of putting them together.
We are using a new process to make butter.
She looked more beautiful than ever.
I wonder how much Tom knows about Mary.
Tom left here about thirty minutes ago.
I can understand French to a certain extent.
Find the solution to the following equation.
Jimmy is to some extent capable of performing this operation.
Before long, the moon came out.
An abundance of rice was produced last year.
The advancement of modern medicine was a long process.
What's important is not the goal, but the journey.
Tom can speak French almost as well as me.
We had to walk the last leg of the journey.
A sprain like this should heal within a week or so.
That university's curriculum covers natural science and social science.
You are right to a certain extent.
I trust him to some extent.
I agree with you to a certain extent.
To some extent I agree with you.
I agree with what you say to some extent.
I found the rumor to be true to a certain extent.
The rumor is true to some extent.
I accept what you say to some extent.
I have studied Psychology to some extent.
I am satisfied with my life in college to a certain extent.
We should have taken the schedule into consideration.
The process by which substances are turned directly from a solid state into a gas is called sublimation.
You can trust him to some degree but not wholly.
In America, rice can be bought for a fifth of what it costs in Japan.
I completed the whole high school curriculum.
The value of the dollar declines as the rate of inflation rises.
Motivation is one of the factors which affect the learning process.
Even my tutor couldn't solve this equation.
The new production process achieves a high yield.
Schrodinger's equation describes the time evolution of quantum mechanics.
I wonder how long would it take him to solve Schrodinger's equation using his calculator.
I just received a very gracious call from Senator McCain.