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About ずっと ②
In addition to the ずっと used to mean 'always', or 'non-stop', this adverb may also convey that one thing is 'by far (A)', or 'much more (A)' than something else. In these phrases, ずっと usually comes at the beginning of the sentence, before some form of comparison will be made between (A) and (B).
- さっき見た鳥よりずっと大きかったよ!It was much bigger than the bird we saw earlier.
- それよりずっと昔だよ。It was way more before that. (That happened way before that)
Fun Fact
Although ずっと as 'ever since', or 'always' may seem quite different to ずっと as 'way more', or 'by far', the literal meanings are actually exactly the same. In all cases, ずっと simply highlights 'an extremely big interval'.- ずっと運動していなかったから体が全然動かない。I haven't exercised for an extremely long interval, so my body does not move at all.
- そんな変な奴よりこっちの方がずっとすごいよ!This one is so much better by a lot, compared to that weird thing!
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太陽のほうが地球よりずっと大きいです。
The sun is far larger than Earth.
この車は私のよりずっとよく見える。
This car looks way better than mine.
コンピュータは以前に比べてずっと使いやすいようになった。
Computers have become much easier to use than before.
漫画の主人公:「これから、ずっとずっと強くなるぞ。」
Manga main character: 'From now on I am going to become far, far stronger.'
The doubling of ずっと is done for emphasis here and is somewhat common in casual speech.
このシャンプーのほうがずっと安いけど、ボトルが小さい。
This shampoo is much cheaper, but the bottle is small.
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ずっと ② – Grammar Discussion
Most Recent Replies (4 in total)
cineebon
About 3 years ago
Bumping because I’d also like to know the answer to this! In what parts of Japan is it only used in way 1?
mrnoone
About 3 years ago
@cineebon @Johnathan-Weir
Hey and sorry for the late answer
I tried but couldn’t remember the place nor find a source about it, so I decided to remove that part for the time being. If I find anything, then I will make sure to respond here.
I am really sorry for causing confusion and inconvenience
cineebon
About 3 years ago
Aw, thank you for the response and no worries! If you figure it out, please let us know.
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