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Meanings

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noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

moderate; in moderation; not too much

usually written using kana alone

Used to describe doing something in moderation, avoiding extremes. Often appears as ほどほどに or ほどほどの.

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Please drink in moderation.

何なに事ごともほどほどが一いち番ばんだ。

Moderation is best in all things.

〈事こと〉はほどほどにするto keep something in moderation
お酒さけはほどほどにしておいたほうがいい。
You'd better keep your drinking in moderation.
ほどほどの〈物もの〉a moderate amount of ~
ほどほどの運うん動どうは健けん康こうにいい。
A moderate amount of exercise is good for your health.
〈動どう詞し〉はほどほどにdo ~ in moderation (often as a mild warning)
遊あそびはほどほどにして、勉べん強きょうもしなさい。
Don't play too much—study too, in moderation.

適てき度どN3
適度 is a more formal, often measurable term (like 適度な運動), while ほどほど is colloquial and stresses a sensible, not-too-much attitude.
そこそこN1
そこそこ describes a passable degree of something, while ほどほど is used to advise moderation or not overdoing an action.

極きょく端たんN1
極端 means going to extremes, the opposite of the moderate, balanced sense of ほどほど.

適てき当とうN4
適当 often carries a negative nuance of 'careless/sloppy' in casual speech, whereas ほどほど always keeps a positive sense of sensible moderation.

ほどほどUsage84%
Usually written in kana. Kanji forms 程々, 程ほど, 程程 exist but are rare.
程ほど々ほどUsage11%
Kanji form; rarely used.
ホドホドUsage5%
程ほど程ほどUsage<1%
Full kanji form; rarely used.
程

Reduplication of ほど (degree, extent), emphasizing a moderate degree. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.

ほど

Mixed kanji-kana form; rarely used.