文法の説明

N3 レッスン 7: 16/21

割(わり)に

Although, Despite, Rather...for, Unexpectedly, Comparatively, Considering

使い方・接続

Verb + わりに
［い］Adjective + わりに
［な］Adjective + な + わりに
Noun + の + わりに

詳細

  • 使用域

    Standard

  • 使用域

    一般

「割に」の情報

As an adverb, 割(わり)に is usually used in a similar way to 'although', 'despite', or 'comparatively' in English.
割(わり)に may be used at the beginning of a sentence, or after any word/phrase that it is highlighting as being 'comparative'. When following な-Adjectives or nouns, な or の will be required.
  • この肉(にく)、高(たか)い割(わり)には味(あじ)がないね。
    Although this meat is expensive, it is not flavorful.
  • 太(ふと)っている割(わり)には運動(うんどう)神経(しんけい)がいいんだね。
    Although you are fat, you are very athletic, aren't you?
  • この機械(きかい)のパワーは強(つよ)い割(わり)にめちゃくちゃ遅(おそ)いです。
    Although this machine is very powerful, it is very slow.
  • この部屋(へや)は綺麗(きれい)な割(わり)には臭(くさ)いね。
    Although this room is clean, it smells bad.
  • ラッシュアワーの割(わり)には空(す)いていますね。
    Although it is during rush hour, the road is very clear.
割(わり) itself is a noun meaning 'proportionate', and is primarily used as a suffix. 割(わり)に may be thought of as a direct extension of this use, as 'proportionately' is its closest literal meaning.
Fun Fact
While 割(わり)に is often thought to make comparisons between things, it actually only ever compares something to itself (or things within the same category). The 'proportion' that is then highlighted is something that is not common within the category of (A).
Caution
Both 割(わり)と and 割(わり)に are quite common expressions. However, 割(わり)と is used far more often in casual speech to show that something is 'unexpectedly (A)'. It will also frequently be used as a stand-alone expression, appearing directly before the word (usually an adjective) that is of a 'considerable' amount.
  • これ割(わり)と美味(あい)しいよ。
    This is unexpectedly tasty.
  • 昨日(きのう)買(か)った包丁(ほうちょう)は割(わり)といい。
    The knife I bought yesterday is quite good.

例文

  • 高(たか)い食(た)べ物(もの)のわりに、美味(おい)しくなさそう。

    The expensive food looks unexpectedly unappetizing.

  • 私(わたし)はたくさん勉強(べんきょう)したわりに、テストの点数(てんすう)が悪(わる)かった。

    Although I studied a lot, I got a bad score on the test.

  • あの人(ひと)は頭(あたま)が良(い)いわりに、コミュニケーションが苦手(にがて)です。

    Although that person is smart, he is bad at communication.

  • 疲(つか)れているわりには、かなり動(うご)けた方(ほう)だと思(おも)います。

    I think he is rather quite active for how tired he is.

  • 今日(きょう)は冬(ふゆ)のわりに暖(あたた)かい。

    Today is rather warm for winter.

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最近の返信 (合計3件)

  • tylus

    tylus

    I’m not sure if I misunderstood something, but based on the video of Nihongo no Mori we should only use わりに for positive outcomes, while くせに is used for negative outcomes.

    There are a lot of example sentences that do not follow this rule, so I wanted to ask if it really applies here.
    Thanks!

  • Pushindawood

    Pushindawood

    @tylus Hey! Both わりに and くせに can be used with unexpected, negative outcomes. However, わりに can also be used when the outcome is positive, whileくせに cannot. Cheers!

  • conan

    conan

    While going through DIJG, they mention 割合 as another way of saying 割と, which I saw mentioned on this grammar point, but not 割合. I wasn’t sure if it was worth also bringing up 割合 as well.

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