Meaning of 倍 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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倍JLPT 4
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Kana Readingばい
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Romajibai
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- twice; double
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- Parts of speech
- suffix
- Meaning
- times; -fold
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Example Sentences
倍, ばい used in context
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I have five times as many stamps as he does.
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Prices are double what they were ten years ago.
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Mt. Fuji is about four times as high as Mt. Rokko.
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She knows ten times as many English words as I do.
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Her house is two or three times as large as ours.
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He ate twice as much as I did.
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