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The Japanese word

どれ

is pronounced
dore | どれ
means
well, now, let me see, which (of three or more)
Examples:
電話はどれも通じない。
denwa wa dore mo tsūji nai.
None of the telephones are working.
肉に合うワインはどれですか。
niku ni au wain wa dore desu ka.
Which wine goes best with red meat?
日本で一番高い山はどれですか。
nippon de ichiban takai yama wa dore desu ka.
Which is the highest mountain in Japan?
兵庫県の人口はどれぐらいですか。
hyōgo ken no jinkō wa dore gurai desu ka.
What is the population of Hyogo prefecture?
静岡市の人口はどれくらいですか。
shizuoka shi no jinkō wa dore kurai desu ka.
How large is the population of Shizuoka City?
日本でいちばん長い川はどれですか。
nippon de ichiban nagai kawa wa dore desu ka.
Which river is the longest in Japan?
旅行方法としてはどれが一番良いですか。
ryokō hōhō toshite wa dore ga ichiban yoi desu ka.
Which is the best way to travel? | What's the best way to travel?
番組のどれも私には面白そうに見えない。
bangumi no dore mo watashi ni wa omoshiro sō ni mie nai.
None of the programs look interesting to me.
あなたはどれくらいの睡眠時間が必要ですか。
anata wa dore kurai no suimin jikan ga hitsuyō desu ka.
How many hours of sleep do you need?
彼のアドバイスはどれもあまり役に立たなかった。
kare no adobaisu wa dore mo amari yakunitata nakatta.
None of his advice was very useful.
彼のステージはどれも目を見張るものばかりだった。
kare no sukēji wa dore mo me o miharu mono bakari datta.
He's really something to see every time he gets up on stage.
数冊の案内書を買ったが、どれも私の助けにはならなかった。
sū satsu no annai sho o katta ga, dore mo watashi no tasuke ni wa nara nakatta.
I bought several guidebooks, none of which helped me.
私は店の品物を全部試着したのですが、どれ一つ似合わないの。
### - watashi wa mise no shinamono o zenbu 試着 shi ta no desu ga, dore hitotsu niawa nai no.
I must have tried on everything in the shop, but nothing looked right on me.
来年末までで、ここで働き始めてどれくらいの期間になりますか。
rainen matsu made de, koko de hataraki hajime te dore kurai no kikan ni nari masu ka.
How long will you have been working here by the end of next year?
少年は大きくなって、古い服がどれも小さくて着られなくなってしまった。
shōnen wa ōkiku natte, furui fuku ga dore mo chīsaku te ki rare naku natte shimatta.
The boy has grown out of all his old clothes.
むろん、舟は何百艘も水面を動きまわっているが、どれでもいいというわけにはいかない。
muron, fune wa nan hyaku sō mo suimen o ugoki mawatte iru ga, dore demo ī toyū wake ni wa ika nai.
Of course there were several hundred boats moving around on the water but not just any old one would do.
「じつは自由研究で相談したいことがあって・・・」「どれ・・・。ふーん、被子植物について調べてるのね」.
' jitsuwa jiyū kenkyū de sōdan shi tai koto ga atte . . . ' ' dore . . .. fūn, hishishokubutsu nitsuite shirabe teru no ne '
"Well, there's something I'd like your advice on about my research project ..." "Let's see... Hmm, you're investigating flowering plants then.".
花粉よりも小さな黄砂をマスクでどれだけ防ぐことが出来るのか?花粉よりもずっと厄介者のように思います。
kafun yori mo chīsana kōsa o masuku de dore dake fusegu koto ga dekiru no ka? kafun yori mo zutto yakkai sha no yō ni omoi masu.
Just how well can masks block the, even smaller than pollen, yellow sand dust? I think it much more of a nuisance than pollen.
いろいろ考えてみると私の主観ですが、プレゼントはどれだけ気持ちがこめられているかで価値がかわってくるのだと思います。
iroiro kangae te miru to watashi no jukan desu ga, purezento wa dore dake kimochi ga kome rare te iru ka de kachi ga kawatte kuru no da to omoi masu.
All things considered, and it's just my opinion but, I think that the value of a present changes depending on how much thought is put into it.
Examples sourced from tatoeba.org