倍

Meanings

double, twice, times, fold

ES: doble, veces

Common words

• 倍率ばいりつmagnification, leverage, amplification, scaling factor, scale factor
• 一倍いちばいmultiplying by one, original amount
• 倍加ばいかdoubling
• 倍増ばいぞうdoubling, double
• 人一倍ひといちばい(much) more than others, exceedingly, extremely, unusually

Example sentences

• あの山やまはこの山やまの５倍ばいの高たかさである。

  That mountain is five times as high as this one.

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• １０セントの１０倍ばいは１ドルである。

  Ten dimes are equal to one dollar.

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• 有名大学は倍率が高いから受験者も必死です。

  The acceptance rates for famous universities are low, so examinees must try their hardest to get in.

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