A method for manufacturing a sugar solution by repeating a sugar solution manufacturing process comprising steps (1) - (3) below, said manufacturing process being characterised by the use of a recovered saccharifying enzyme obtained during step (3) in step (1) of subsequent sugar solution manufacturing processes. Step (1): cellulose undergoes primary hydrolysis by adding a cellulase from a filamentous fungus thereto. Step (2): unused cellulase from the filamentous fungus is added to the hydrolysis product from step (1) and a secondary hydrolysis is carried out. Step (3): the hydrolysis product from step (2) undergoes solid-liquid separation, and a recovered enzyme is obtained from the acquired sugar solution. Thus provided is a method for reducing the amount of an enzyme such as cellulase used in a method for manufacturing a sugar solution from a pretreated cellulose material.