Meaning of 比べる in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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比べる, 較べる, 競べるJLPT 4
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Kana Readingくらべる
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Romajikuraberu
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Ichidan verb, transitive verb
- Meaning
- to compare; to make a comparison
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to compete; to vie
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Example Sentences
比べる, 較べる, 競べる, くらべる used in context
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The hearing acuity of dogs is superior by far to that of humans.
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初めて催眠に入る人の場合、とても浅い催眠状態から、覚醒してもらって、催眠状態と普通に覚醒した状態とを比べてもらうことがよくあります。
When people are being put into a hypnotic state for the first time I often, after placing them in a very light hypnotic state, wake them and ask them to compare their wakening state to that when hypnotised.
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そのような情緒と行動の分離に比べれば、破局的結果の方がまだましである。
Even disaster is better than such a divorce between emotion and action.
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「や、それほどでも。せいぜい、大きさ比べたり、わい談するくらいだし」「大きさって何の?」「ナニの」
No, not so much. At most comparing sizes, telling dirty stories. "Sizes of what?" "Of 'that'."
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It is tastes every bit as good as Japanese rice.
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Let's compare the translation with the original.
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Kanji found in this word
emulate, compete with, bid, sell at auction, bout, contest, race
On: キョウ, ケイ
Kun: きそ.う, せ.る, くら.べる
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