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Meaning of 一倍(いちばい) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 一倍

Kana Reading いちばい

Romaji ichibai

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

Meaning

one share; one amount

Examples of 一倍, いちばい in a sentence

彼は私の一倍半の本を持っている。

He has half again as many books as I.
この橋はあの橋の一倍半の長さがある。

This bridge is one and half times as long as that.

Related Kanji

倍 JLPT 2

10 strokes

double, twice, times, fold

On'Yomi: バイ

Kun'Yomi:

一 JLPT 5

1 stroke

one, one radical (no.1)

On'Yomi: イチ, イツ

Kun'Yomi: ひと-, ひと.つ