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Grammar detail: number + も

number + も  as many as
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When placed after a number plus suitable counter, も adds the implication that the number was large, or excessive.
This is a very common form, and a suitable English translation depends on the context - it could be 'many times', 'time and time again', 'a number of times', or 'as many as' etc. Sometimes the も is not specifically translated, but left as an implication that the number of times was large.
かれ
じゅう
10
さい
なるまで
かい
いえで
家出
した
He ran away from home three times before he was ten.
カバン
いつ
もってきました
I brought five bags.
For an uncertain (but large) number of times, the expression
なんかい
何回
も is used.
かれ
なんかい
何回
その
ほん
まなければならなかった

They had to read the book many times.
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Kanji used in this grammar

カ   なに    なん what?   
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カイ   エ   まわ to revolve   まわ to make turn   
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ヒ   かれ he   
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サイ   セイ    X years old, year-end   
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カ   ケ   house   いえ    や    
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シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
ゴ   いつ-    いつ five   
ホン   book   もと origin   
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ドク   トク   トウ   よ to read   
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