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VOCABULARY
よほど
yo
よ
ho
ほ
do
ど
very / greatly / to a large extent
very, considerably, quite, surely, must be
adverb
Example sentences
彼かれはよほど疲つかれていたようだ。
He must be very tired, it seems.
よほど嬉うれしかったのか、彼かの女じょは泣ないた。
She must have been so happy that she cried.
今こん回かいの方ほうがよほど難むずかしい。
This time is considerably harder.
よほどのことがない限かぎり休やすまない。
I won't rest unless something quite serious happens.

Practice exercises

1
自分じぶんで行いくより、彼かれに頼たのむ方ほうがよほど確実かくじつだ。
Asking him is far more reliable than going myself.
Answer
よほど
2
慎重しんちょうな彼かれが反対はんたいするとは、よほど深刻しんこくな事情じじょうがあるに違ちがいない。
For someone as cautious as him to object, there must be a quite serious reason.
Answer
よほど
3
あの店みせはよほど人気にんきがあるらしい。
That shop seems to be considerably popular.
Answer
よほど
4
彼かれはよほど疲つかれているようだ。
He seems very tired.
Answer
よほど
5
泣なき出だすなんて、よほど悔くやしかったのだろう。
For him to burst into tears, he must have been greatly frustrated.
Answer
よほど