adverbial N3 common casualpolitewritten

かなり — quite / considerably

かなり

Meaning

Key sentence

This problem is quite difficult.

Examples

It's a considerable distance from the station.
His Japanese is quite good.

Easily confused with

結構 結構 = 'fairly / decently' (moderate, casual); かなり = 'considerably' — a clearly higher degree. とても とても = 'very' (high, neutral emphasis); かなり = 'considerably,' often with a sense of 'more than you'd think,' slightly more objective.

Notes

See かなり in real sentences

Jengo shows かなり the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.

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Sources Compiled with reference to A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar.

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