Vocab Info
N4 Noun, No-adjective, Counter
倍twice, double, times, -fold
Dictionary Definition
Noun, No-adjective
1.
double, twice (as much)
Counter
2.
times (as much), -fold
Counter
3.
1-nth, 1 to n, 1 in n
e.g. 40倍 = 1 in 40
All Forms
倍 【ばい】
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彼は私の倍の長さの人生を生きています。
He has lived twice as long as I have.
おそらく彼の家は私の家の倍ほどはあるだろう。
His house is probably twice as big as mine.
あんな酷い事をされたので、倍にして返してやろうと思っています。
Since they did such a horrible thing to me, I am going to pay them back twofold.
物価がこの10年で倍になってしまったので、少しも贅沢する事が出来ません。
Prices have doubled in the past decade, so we can't afford to splurge at all.
レシピは二人分だがうちは四人家族なので、全ての分量を倍にする必要があるだろう。
The recipe is for two people, but we are a family of four, so all the portions would need to be doubled.
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