Vocab Info
N4 Prefix/Suffix
倍
twice, double, times, -fold
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Pitch Accent
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Word Type
Prefix/Suffix
単語の書類
接頭語/接尾語
Examples
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.
- N4
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.
- N4
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.
- N4
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.
- N3
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.
- N3
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