JLPT N1 Grammar (kare~kare)

Meaning

sooner or later; more or less

Level: JLPT N1

How to use

い-adjective いかれい-adjective いかれ
kare~kare かれ～かれ jlpt n1 grammar meaning 文法 例文 japanese flashcards

Learn Japanese grammar: (kare~kare). Meaning: sooner or later; more or less.

This must be used with adjectives with opposite meanings.

Common patterns are 「遅かれ早かれ」/「多かれ少なかれ」.

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Example #1

このばんぐみも、おそかれはやかれしちょうしゃにあきられるだろう。
kono bangumi mo, oso kare haya kare shichousha ni akirareru darou.
People will sooner or later become tired of this program, too.
Example #2

ひとはおおかれすくなかれ、なやみをもっているものだ。
hito wa oo kare sukuna kare, nayami o motte iru mono da.
More or less, everyone has something they are worried about.
Example #3

かれはしごとでおそかれはやかれせいこうするみこみがある。
kare wa shigoto de oso kare haya kare seikou suru mikomi ga aru.
He is likely to succeed at work sooner or later.
Example #4

こどもはよかれわるしかれおやからえいきょうをうけてそだちます。
kodomo wa yo kare waru kare oya kara eikyou o ukete sodachimasu.
Children, for better or for worse, are influenced by their parents.
Example #5

きんちょうしてしっぱいしたけいけんはおおかれすくなかれだれにでもあるのではないだろうか。
kinchou shite shippai shita keiken wa oo kare sukuna kare dare ni demo aru no dewa nai darou ka.
Perhaps everyone has more or less experienced the feeling of failing from being nervous.
Example #6

わかいじょせいなら、おおかれすくなかれセクハラをけいけんしたことがあるだろう。
wakai josei nara, oo kare sukuna kare sekuhara o keiken shita koto ga aru darou.
Every young women has experienced sexual harassment of some sort.
Example #7

ギャンブルにあけくれるおっとは、おそかれはやかれいずれりこんすることになる。
gyanburu ni akekureru otto wa, oso kare haya kare izure rikon suru koto ni naru.
A gambling husband will sooner or later end in divorce.

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