〜ことか

import { getGrammarById } from 'kotowa';
getGrammarById('koto-ka');

{
  "id": "koto-ka",
  "pattern": "〜ことか",
  "romaji": "koto ka",
  "level": "N2",
  "meaning": "how ...!; how much ...!",
  "formation": "Question word + … + Verb-plain / i-Adj / na-Adj + な + ことか",
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "この日が来るのを、どれほど待ち望んだことか。",
      "furigana": "この{日|ひ}が{来|く}るのを、どれほど{待|ま}ち{望|のぞ}んだことか。",
      "en": "How long I've waited for this day to come!"
    },
    {
      "ja": "一人暮らしを始めて、家族のありがたさを何度感じたことか。",
      "furigana": "{一人暮|ひとりぐ}らしを{始|はじ}めて、{家族|かぞく}のありがたさを{何|なん}{度|ど}{感|かん}じたことか。",
      "en": "Since I started living alone, I can't count how many times I've felt grateful for my family."
    },
    {
      "ja": "無事だと聞いて、どんなに安心したことか。",
      "furigana": "{無事|ぶじ}だと{聞|き}いて、どんなに{安心|あんしん}したことか。",
      "en": "What a relief it was to hear you were safe!"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "exclamation",
    "emotion",
    "emphasis"
  ],
  "notes": "Usually paired with どんなに, どれほど, 何度, etc. Not a real question; it conveys deep feeling. Slightly written or dramatic in tone.",
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "2d2e5922224de28814c0c911b9d399df7a14f4f1bf36aef423cf29c04034807f",
    "meanings": [
      "多么……啊",
      "多少次……啊"
    ],
    "formation": "疑问词＋动词・い形容词普通形＋ことか；疑问词＋な形容词词干＋な＋ことか",
    "explanation": "通过疑问词表达强烈感情，而非真正提问。",
    "notes": "常与どれほど、何度等搭配。",
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "この日が来るのを、どれほど待ち望んだことか。",
        "zh": "我多么盼望这一天到来啊。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "一人暮らしを始めて、家族のありがたさを何度感じたことか。",
        "zh": "开始独居后，我多少次感受到家人的可贵啊。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "無事だと聞いて、どんなに安心したことか。",
        "zh": "听说平安无事，我多么安心啊。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "sources/grammar/n2.json#koto-ka",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "384b95522debfcb03f3b64ee9b7e5e80dea7932f1367de589fb79fe0a22646fd"
  }
}