いかほど

adverb, noun

how much; how many; however

Formal/literary question word or conjunctive adverb meaning 'how much/many' or 'however much'. In modern Japanese, どのくらい or どれほど are more common in speech; いかほど is often used in polite or written contexts.

• お支し払はらいは、いかほどでしょうか。

  How much will the payment be?

• いかほど努ど力りょくしても、結けっ果かが出でないこともある。

  However much you try, sometimes you don't get results.