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The words like ‘hobo’, ‘daitai’, ‘ookata’, ‘oomune’, ‘hotondo’ are called ‘gairyaku adverbs’. these words have a function of qualification of degree and qualification of quantity. Though a study of qualification of degree in gairyaku adverb is advanced, a study of qualification of quantity isn't advanced. Under such a background, this paper considered of qualification of quantity in Gairyaku adverb in detail. As a result, this paper got three following conclusions. (1) Gairyaku adverbs mean ratio of quantity in case of using qualification of quantity. This point is defferent from degree adverbs. (2) ‘Gairyaku adverb’ and ‘a group of Zenbu’ are able to lump together as ‘a group of expressing ratio of quantity’ (3) ‘A group of expressing ratio of quantity’ is similar to ‘a group of expressing amount of quantity’. And this two groups have some systematic correspondencies each other.