How to say "degree" in Japanese

• 度どJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix)The unit of measurement: a degree of angle, temperature or a scale. This covers the measured degree itself, not degree in the sense of extent or amount.
  水みずは摂氏せっし０度どで凍こおる。↗

  Water freezes at 0 degrees Centigrade.
• 程度ていどJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, adverb, noun (suffix)Degree as extent, amount or level: how much, how far, to what degree. Fits talk of the degree of difference, damage or difficulty, and phrases like 'to some degree'.
  この程度ていどのお金かねじゃ長ながくは持もたないだろう。↗

  This sum of money won't go far.
• ほどJLPT N4approx.Common
  noun, adverbExtent or degree, often in comparisons such as 'as much as' or 'to the extent that'. Usually written in kana alone; it expresses extent rather than naming a measurable degree.
• 加減かげんJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix)Degree in the sense of balance or moderation: the amount or extent of something — whether it is too strong, too weak or just right. Not the word for measured degrees.
  お肉にくの焼やき加減かげんは、いかがなさいますか？↗

  How would you like your steak cooked?
• 度合いどあいCommon
  nounDegree or extent as a property of something: how far a quality holds or how great a change is. It closely overlaps with 程度 in this extent sense.

Use 度 for measured degrees of angle, temperature or scale; 程度, 「ほど」 and 「度合い」 for degree as extent or level; 加減 for degree as balance or moderation.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 度どdegree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.)
• 程度ていどdegree
• ほどextent
• 加減かげんdegree
• 度合いどあいdegree
• 称号しょうごうtitle
• 等級とうきゅうgrade
• 多寡たかdegree (of something)
• 肩書きかたがきtitle (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord)
• 次数じすうdegree
• デグリーdegree
• 門地もんちdegree
• 一籌いっちゅう(a) point
• 付き具合つきぐあいadhesion (e.g. of lipstick)
• 学位がくい(academic) degree
• 限りかぎりdegree
• 度数どすうdegree (e.g. temperature)
• 底ていtype
• 段だんdegree