Meaning

Primary

How Many Times

Alternatives

How Often, What Temperature

Word Type

noun

Explanation

If someone asks you what occurrence or what degrees they're really trying to ask you how many times something happened. Sometimes they're asking what temperature it is too.

Reading

なんど
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading is a combination of kun'yomi and on'yomi readings. That being said, both readings for both kanji are the readings you learned already, so you should be able to read this.

Context

Pattern of Use

Common Word Combinations

  • 何度も

    many times over

    何度目

    How many times?

    何度か

    several times

Context Sentences

この曲は一年に何度も思い出す名曲です。

This song is a masterpiece that I remember many times a year.

同じレストランで同じものをオーダーしたことが何度もあります。

I have ordered the same thing at the same restaurant many times.

何度もファンレターを出したけど、中々返事が来ない。

I wrote a fan letter many times, but I didn't get a reply.

Kanji Composition