C04
core
Description and quantity
Degree
Degree / Intensity
How much, how strong, or how intense?
basic
Degree adverb
Intensifier
Quantifier
意味
A scale modifier that strengthens, weakens, limits, or measures a property, state, quantity, or event.
見分け方
Look for words like very, too, enough, almost, barely, completely.
例
単語
very|too|enough|almost|barely|completely
フレーズ
very cold|too expensive|almost finished
文
The soup is too hot.
Visual guide
Basic shape
Base property: hot Question: HOW INTENSE? Scale: not hot ─ hot ─ too hot The soup is too hot. too → beyond the OK limit
Compare shape
Same DEGREE frame: very cold stronger barely cold weak/low almost finished near endpoint completely finished full endpoint enough reaches a line Check: before/after/suffix?
言語別ビュー
母語の仕組み
日本語
表れ方
strong
重要度
Degree uses adverbs and suffix-like forms such as すぎる for “too much”.
スープは熱すぎる。
The soup is too hot.
学習言語では
英語
表れ方
strong
難易度
English uses degree words such as very, too, quite, almost, and enough before or after the element they modify.
It is very cold.
very = degree/intensity
よくあるつまずき
Learners often misplace enough, too, almost, or very.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.