〜ば〜ほど

Formation

N3DegreeNeutral
Ba-Form
Verb
Dict. Form
Verb
ほど/だけ
Ba-Form
I-adj
/Na-adj
I-adj
/Na-adj
ほど/だけ
Variations
ば〜程
ば〜だけ

Meaning

The more... the more... Expresses that as the degree of the preceding matter increases, the degree of the following matter also intensifies accordingly. The variant 'ba... dake' is also common.

Examples

勉強すればするほど、分かるようになります。

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