JLPT N1 · Adverb

甚だ (hanahada)

甚だ (はなはだ, hanahada) is a Japanese adverb meaning “very; greatly”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: はなはだ
Romaji: hanahada
Word class: Adverb
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

very; greatly; extremely; exceedingly; highly · adverb

Example sentences

彼はやたらに故事来歴に詳しいけれど、それが人生の役に立っているのかはなはだ疑問だね。

He has a great storehouse of knowledge about historical details but I seriously doubt that's of any use in life.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 甚だ

甚

tremendously, very, greatジン・はなは.だ・はなは.だしい · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 甚だ.

甚だしいはなはだしいextreme

Source: JMdict entry 1370000 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.