ずいぶん

Usage patterns

• 随ずい分ぶん〈形けい容よう詞し〉quite/very ~ (with a sense of surprise)

  今日きょうは随ずい分ぶん寒さむいですね。

  It's really cold today, isn't it?

• 随ずい分ぶんと〈動どう詞し〉to have really/quite ~ (a change, action)

  彼かれは随ずい分ぶんと変かわったね。

  He's really changed a lot, hasn't he?

• 随ずい分ぶんな〈事こと〉that's outrageous/terrible (a thing said or done)

  それは随ずい分ぶんな話はなしだ。

  That's a pretty terrible thing to say.

• 随ずい分ぶん〈時とき〉が経たつquite a while has passed

  あれから随ずい分ぶん時ときが経たった。

  Quite a lot of time has passed since then.