倍（ばい）
JLPT N4 · noun
Pitch accent: heiban (flat) — starts low, stays high, no drop
Meaning: times / double
Example sentences
- 今年の売り上げは去年の二倍だ。 — This year's sales are double last year's.
- 努力を人の倍する。 — I put in twice the effort of others.
Idioms & proverbs containing “倍”
- 可愛さ余って憎さ百倍 (かわいさあまってにくさひゃくばい) — the greatest hate proceeds from the greatest love
- 薬九層倍 (くすりくそうばい) — there is a huge markup in medicines, making it a profitable field; medicines sell for ten times the cost of their ingredients
- 一粒万倍 (いちりゅうまんばい) — a single seed can eventually produce a great harvest; even the smallest beginning can generate a greatest profit; watch the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves
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