Lingaku等しい【ひとしい】
Frequency rank: 4,167. – 4,169.
- equal; identical; the same
- no different (to); just like; equivalent
adjective (keiyoushi)
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- equal; identical; the same
- no different (to); just like; equivalent
This meaning is used to describe two or more things that are exactly alike in quantity, quality, or status.
This meaning emphasizes that one thing has no difference when compared to another, often used for making comparisons or establishing equivalence.
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Leaves are to plants what lungs are to animals.
Books are to the mind what food is to the body.
Slide down the hill while distributing your weight equally on both skis.
Somebody could exchange a sheep or a horse, for example, for anything in the marketplace that they considered to be of equal value.
If other conditions are equal, the temperature must be the most influential element in this experiment.
It has often been said that facts are to the scientist what words are to the poet.
Facts are to the scientist what words are to the poet.
There must be equal pay for equal work, and where this is not the case, the abuse must be resisted at all costs.