Vocabulary

What does かなり (kanari) mean?

かなり means quite, fairly, considerably.

Quick facts
Readingかなり
Romajikanari
Part of speechadverb, no-adjective, na-adjective
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N3
かなり
N3 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonkanari

quite, fairly, considerably

  1. 1adverb · no-adjective · na-adjective considerably; fairly; quite

Example sentences

  • This book is quite interesting.

  • It's quite cold today.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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