比べる【くらべる】
Frequency rank: 820. – 821.
- to compare; to make a comparison
- to compete; to viesee also 力比べ
Ichidan verb; transitive verb
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to compare; to make a comparison
- to compete; to vie
This meaning is used when evaluating similarities and differences between two or more items, people, or concepts.
He compared the two products to decide which one was better.
This meaning refers to competing against others in terms of performance, achievements, or status.
Generated collocations (experimental)
くらべる比べることthe act of comparingほか他とくらべる比べるto compare with othersかかく価格をくらべる比べるto compare pricesじつりょく実力をくらべる比べるto compare abilitiesくらべて比べてみるto give it a try to compareきょうそう競争してくらべる比べるto compete and compareくらべる比べるためのきじゅん基準criteria for comparisonくらべる比べるたいしょう対象subject of comparisonともだち友達とくらべる比べるto compare with friendsねんれい年齢をくらべる比べるto compare ages
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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The hearing acuity of dogs is superior by far to that of humans.
2. はじめて初めてさいみん催眠にはいる入るひと人のばあい場合、とてもあさい浅いさいみん催眠じょうたい状態から、かくせい覚醒してもらって、さいみん催眠じょうたい状態とふつうに普通にかくせい覚醒したじょうたい状態とをくらべて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.
In comparison to which she's been in a really good mood recently.
Even disaster is better than such a divorce between emotion and action.
"No, not so much. At most comparing sizes, telling dirty stories." "Sizes of what?" "Of 'that'."