かなり

かなり · kanari · JLPT N3 · adverb

considerably

🐤 かなり sounds like canary: a canary sings quite loudly for its size

It is often written 可成り: 可 (possible, passable) + 成り (becoming). Something that has become more than passable is fairly or considerably so. Example: かなり寒い = quite cold.

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