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ずいぶん

usually written using kana aloneadverbadverb taking the と particleな adjectiveadjective (generic)

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Meanings

  • very, extremely, surprisingly, fairly, quite, considerably, awfully, terribly
  • terrible, horrid, contemptible, reprehensible
  • remarkable, extraordinary

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Example sentences

随分ずいぶんさむくなってきたね。

It's gotten quite cold, hasn't it.

この荷物にもつ随分ずいぶんおもいですね。

This luggage is awfully heavy, isn't it.

随分ずいぶんながあいだっていなかったね。

We haven't seen each other for quite a long time, have we.

彼女かのじょ随分ずいぶん失礼しつれいなことをったものだ。

She said something terribly rude.

この問題もんだい随分ずいぶんむずかしくて、なかなかくことができなかった。

This problem was considerably difficult, and I just couldn't manage to solve it.