文型：〜も
[意味]
数量が多いことを表す。
話し手の驚きの気持ちが含まれる。
[英訳]
"as many as"
Indicates a large quantity.
Contains the speaker's feeling of surprise.
[接続]
数字 + 助数詞 + も
[JLPT レベル]
N4
例文
土曜日は１０時間も寝てしまいました。
On Saturday, I ended up sleeping for as long as 10 hours.
トムさんは漫画を１００冊も持っています。
Tom has as many as 100 manga books.
メアリーさんは５匹も猫を飼っています。
- Mary owns as many as 5 cats.
木村さんは毎月２０冊も本を読むそうです。
- Kimura reportedly reads as many as 20 books every month.
田中さんはもう３０年も日本語の研究をしている。
Tanaka has been studying Japanese for as long as 30 years already.
昨日、友達と回転寿司を食べにいったんだけど、その友達がなんと４０皿も食べたんだよ。
Yesterday, I went to eat conveyor belt sushi with a friend, and that friend ate as many as 40 plates!
マークさんは１日に５回も食事をするそうだ。
Mark reportedly eats as many as 5 meals a day.
もうっ！５回も言ったのに、また忘れてる！
Oh my! Even though I said it 5 times already, you forgot again!
わー、貯金箱の中のお金を数えてみたら、５万円も入ってた。
Wow, when I counted the money in the piggy bank, there was as much as 50,000 yen inside.
えー、ジェットコースターに乗るだけで、１時間も待たなきゃ行けないの？
Huh, do we really have to wait for as long as 1 hour just to ride the roller coaster?
今年は５回も台風が上陸しました。
As many as 5 typhoons made landfall this year.
