比

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訓読くんよみ: くらべる

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部首ぶしゅ: Self

Meaning

Compare / Contrast / Ratio

  • Basic forms
  • 比べる — to compare / base form
  • 比べます — compare / masu form
  • 比べた — compared / ta form
  • 比べて — compare and … / te form
  • 比べない — do not compare / negative
  • 比べれば — if (one) compares / conditional
  • 比べろ・比べよ — compare! / imperative
  • Common expressions
  • 二つを比べる — compare two things
  • 価格を比べる — compare prices
  • 前と今を比べる — compare the past and the present
  • More
  • 比べられる — can be compared / potential / passive
  • 比べてみる — try comparing / 〜てみる

比べる(くらべる) is an ichidan verb. It means to examine similarities or differences between two or more things, often used with concrete objects, values, conditions, or situations.

  • 比較ひかく — comparison
  • 比率ひりつ — ratio; proportion
  • 比重ひじゅう — specific gravity; relative weight
  • 対比たいひ — contrast
  • くらべる — to compare
  • 比較的ひかくてき — relatively

比 depicts two figures side by side, evoking the act of setting things next to each other to compare. It functions as both a radical and an independent character, central to words about contrast and proportion.

ふたつの商品しょうひんくらべて えらびました。
I compared the two products and made a choice.

このくにほかくにくらべて 安全あんぜんです。
This country is safe compared to others.

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比較ひかく — comparison
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