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比べる

比べる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
くら
Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

Verb

比べる (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana くらべる, romaji kuraberu)

  1. compare, contrast

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • 比べ (kurabe): contest, comparison
  • 比べ物 (kurabemono): worthy of comparison
  • 比べ物にならない (kurabemono ni naranai): cannot be compared with
  • に比べ (ni kurabe): compared to
  • 腕比べ (udekurabe): contest
  • 背比べ (seikurabe): comparing heights
  • 丈比べ (takekurabe): comparison of statures
  • 根比べ (konkurabe): endurance contest
  • 力比べ (chikarukurabe): contest of strength
  • と比べて (to kurabete): compared with
  • 見比べる (mikuraberu): compare with the eye
  • 駆け比べ (kakekurabe): race, footrace
  • 我慢比べ (gaman kurabe): contest of endurance
  • どんぐりの背比べ, 団栗の背比べ (donguri no seikurabe): having no outstanding characteristics