さほど – Vocabulary details

さほど

Adverb

Usually written in kana

1. (not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much

usu. with a negative verb

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extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of

誠せい実じつさほど重じゅう要ようなものはない。

Nothing is more important than sincerity.

ごく最さい近きんまで、先せん進しん国こくの人ひと々びとは環かん境きょうにさほど気きにかけてはいなかった。

Until quite recently, people in developed countries didn't care much about the environment.

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