どれほど

どれほど
adverb
how much; to what extent; how far
abstract
1. how much; to what extent; how far
An interrogative or exclamatory adverb asking about the degree or extent of something. Can also be used rhetorically to emphasize a great degree.
どれほど待(ま)てばいいのか。
How long do I have to wait?
どれほど大変(たいへん)だったか想像(そうぞう)できる。
I can imagine how hard it was.
彼女(かのじょ)がどれほど努力(どりょく)してきたか、周(まわ)りの人(ひと)はよく知(し)っている。
The people around her know well how much effort she has put in.

Composed of どれ (which/what) and ほど (degree/extent). Used both in genuine questions ('How much...?') and in rhetorical/emphatic statements to convey that something is to an impressive or significant degree. Slightly more literary than どのくらい.

Common patterns

  • どれほど〜か: how much ~ (embedded question)
  • どれほど〜ても: no matter how much ~
  • どれほど〜ことか: how ~ it is! (exclamatory)

Common collocations

Similar words

  • どのくらい: how much / how long — the most common everyday equivalent
  • いかほど: how much — more formal and literary
  • どれだけ: how much — similar meaning, slightly more casual than どれほど

Related Words

Compare: どのくらい (how much / how long)
Compare: いかほど (how much)
Compare: どれだけ (how much)
Compare: どんなに (how (much), no matter how)
Compare: 如何(いか)に (how, no matter how)
Related: これほど (this much, to this extent)
Compare: 何程(なにほど) (how much)
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Added 2026.4.6 6:08 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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