Meaning

Primary

How Many Times

Alternative

How Often

Word Type

adverb, noun

Explanation

How many occurences is just another way of asking how many times.

This word is more literary and formal than 何回 or 何度.

Reading

いくど
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)
いくたび
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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 with the kanji so you should be able to read this.

Context

Context Sentences

彼は、幾度失敗しても、諦めなかった。

Even though he failed many times, he didn’t give up.

Kanji Composition