文法の説明

N5 レッスン 8: 11/13

より～の方(ほう)が

To be more ~ than ~

使い方・接続

Verb (A) + より + Verb (B) + 方(ほう) + が

［い］Adjective (A) + より + ［い］Adjective (B) + 方(ほう) + が

［な］Adjective (A) + な + より + ［な］Adjective (B) + な + 方(ほう) + が

Noun (A) + より + Noun (B) + の + 方(ほう) + が

詳細

  • 品詞

    Expression

  • 使用域

    Standard

  • 品詞

    表現

  • 単語の種類

    形容詞・形容動詞

  • 使用域

    一般

「より～のほうが」の情報

より～のほうが can be thought of as similar to the grammar points たほうがいい, and ないほうがいい, in that it expresses that one thing is the 'better (A)', or 'more (A)'. However, unlike ほうがいい based expressions, any pair of adjectives, verbs, or nouns may be compared in this construction, so long as のほうが is followed by an adjective.

より translates roughly to 'than', or 'rather than' in this phrase.

From the examples listed here, we can see that より will always appear after the word that has the lower extent of (A), when used together with のほうが.

Caution

When より is used by itself, or when it is not linked directly to the previous word, it can seem like it has the opposite meaning. However, in these cases, のほうが just remains unsaid.

  • これがより高(たか)い。
    This is more expensive. (Compared to other things in general)

In this example, because the より is after が, not before これ, it is easy to assume that これ is the thing that is lower. However, this が behaves in the same way as のほうが, meaning that これ itself is the more expensive thing, with より just being used like 'relatively' (compared to many other things).

Caution

Although の方(ほう)が is the most common construction, the particle を may sometimes replace が. This is especially true when used with markers of desire such as たい and ほしい. The primary difference between these two is that が emphasizes what a person wants or wants to do (the whole statement), while を emphasizes the item or action itself (regardless of the rest of the statement). With たい, both を and が will sound completely natural. However, with ほしい, が will be more natural, while を is accepted.

  • 給料(きゅうりょう)がいい仕事(しごと)より、楽(たの)しい仕事(しごと)の方(ほう)をしたい。(Natural Japanese)
    I want to do a job that is fun, more than a job that pays better.
  • この小(ちい)さいテレビより、その大(おお)きいテレビの方(ほう)を欲(ほ)しい。(Natural Japanese, but が is more common)
    I want that big TV rather than this small TV.

This use of ほしい only applies to wanting items, as opposed to たい, which indicates the desire to 'do' something.

例文

  • このパンよりそのパンの方(ほう)が美味(おい)しいです。

    That bread is more delicious than this bread.

  • バスケットボールよりサッカーの方(ほう)が好(す)き。

    I like soccer more than basketball.

  • ユキよりリュウトの方(ほう)が賢(かしこ)い。

    Ryuto is smarter than Yuki.

  • 月曜日(げつようび)より、日曜日(にちようび)の方(ほう)が好(す)き。

    I like Sunday more than Monday.

  • あそこの 公園(こうえん)より、家(いえ)に近(ちか)い公園(こうえん)の方(ほう)が広(ひろ)い。

    The park near my house is more spacious than that park over there.

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最近の返信 (合計14件)

  • TokyoNeonDreams

    TokyoNeonDreams

    わかりました。ありがとうございました。

  • Arwin1

    Arwin1

    This sentence turned up in my reviews:
    漢字（）より、文法（）のほうを勉強（）したい。

    I typed のほうが here and got a hint that another particle (を apparently) would be more natural than が. Why is this? I can’t find a mention of this in the grammar point or its examples.

  • komocode

    komocode

    wondering the same. weird solution

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