► 名詞
倍 [(2)ばい] meaning: double rank: 1
☆ 売上は倍に増えた ⇨ The sales doubled
► 接尾辞
倍 [(2)ばい] meaning: time rank: 1
☆ 売上は五倍に増えた ⇨ The sales increased 5 times
☆ 競争率は五十倍だ ⇨ The competition ratio is 50 to 1. Only 1 out of 50 will be accepted
More examples:
- 彼は黒人なので人一倍努力しなくてはいけなかった ⇨ He has had to work double as hard as others because he is black
- 安倍内閣 ⇨ Abe administration. The administration headed by prime minister Abe
- 彼は三年以内に売上げを二倍にするとぶち上げた ⇨ He made a lofty claim that he would double the sales in three years
- あの大学は競争率百倍の難関だ ⇨ That college is very difficult to get in with an acceptance rate of 1:100
- 彼は超能力がある訳ではなく、単に人一倍努力しているだけだ ⇨ It’s not that he has supernatural power, but rather he works so much harder than others
- あの学校の倍率は二十倍近い ⇨ The acceptance ratio of that school is almost 20:1
- 私達の工場は今生産を倍増する余裕が有る ⇨ Our factory currently has enough capacity left to double the production
- あの学校の倍率は二十倍近い ⇨ The acceptance ratio of that school is almost 20:1
- 本皮は人工皮革より二倍高いというのが相場だ ⇨ It is normal that genuine leather costs twice as much as synthetic leather
- 会社は売上げ倍増の目標を掲げている ⇨ The company is publicizing a target of doubling its sales
- 可愛さ余って憎さ百倍 ⇨ When you love someone too much, once you fall out with him/her, you will hate him/her 100 times more