Word details
倍
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 倍.
Dictionary
Entry
1
Common noun; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
double; twice (as much)
Examples
彼は私の倍食べた。
He ate twice as much as I did.
2
Counter
times (as much); -fold
Examples
あの山はこの山の５倍の高さである。
That mountain is five times as high as this one.
3
Counter; E.g. 40倍 = 1 in 40
1-nth; 1 to n; 1 in n
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
倍
double, twice, times, fold
10 strokesFrequency 714JLPT N2Grade 3
On
バイ
Nanori
べます
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