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Particles (Japanese) (view source)
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Similarly, it can be placed after the potential form of the verbs "~ru" (る), "~reru" (れる), and "~rareru" (られる), to indicate a maximum degree of something, which can not be passed. The English equivalent would be "as much as..." An example would be, "Atashi '''wa''' arukeru '''dake''' arukimash<i></i>ita desu (As for I to walk (as much as) did walk it is)," or, "I really walked as much as I could."
Similarly, it can be placed after the potential form of the verbs "~ru" (る), "~reru" (れる), and "~rareru" (られる), to indicate a maximum degree of something, which can not be passed. The English equivalent would be "as much as..." An example would be, "Atashi '''wa''' arukeru '''dake''' arukimash<i></i>ita desu (As for I to walk (as much as) did walk it is)," or, "I really walked as much as I could."
==Hodo (ほど)==
Whereas "dake" a precise or absolute limit, "hodo" (pronounced "hoh-doh") describes the maximum extent, or upper limit, to which the words that precede it can be carried out, or effected. It is much like the English "as much as..."
It also compares whatever precedes it with something else, with the understanding that what is being compared is less than the subject. So, for example, "Kanojo '''hodo''' Eigo '''ga''' umakunai, ((As for me) her English is as much as not good)" would translate as "(My) English is not as good as hers."
It also indicates the approximate upper limit of an unknown value, amount, or period of time, like the English "up to...," or "about". As in the example under "dake," being asked to wait for "just" one hour would be, "Ichi-jikan '''dake''' matte kudasai,” but being asked to wait for up to (or about) one hour - in other words, you will wait for an hour at most - would be, "Ichi-jikan '''hodo''' matte kudasai."
==Bakari (ばかり)==
==Bakari (ばかり)==