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VocabJLPT N5

degree (suffix)

NounSuffixCounter

Definitions

1. degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.)
2. counter for occurrences
3. strength (of glasses)

A suffix used as a counter for degrees of temperature or angle, and also for the number of times something occurs. For example, it can express a temperature reading or indicate how many times an action has been done.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

Why is this room thirty degrees!

Sentence 2

A: What's the temperature in the room? B: Twenty-four degrees.

Sentence 3

"I like it at twenty-five degrees," my mom said.

Sentence 4

She laughed and said "I'll run even in thirty-degree heat."

Sentence 5

"What do you want to set it to?" my brother asked.