Illustration: At a Japanese family kitchen table, two identical rectangular plates sit side by side. The first holds one neat row of three equal-sized dumplings; the second holds two equally spaced rows of three, making six in total.

JLPT N4counterLevel estimated by Bebop

倍ばい

bai

times as much

Follows a number, as in ２倍. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

東京とうきょうの人口じんこうは横浜よこはまの４倍ばいである。
The population of Tokyo is four times as large as that of Yokohama.
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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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５の４倍ばいは２０である。
Four times five is twenty.
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Kanji in 倍

倍double; twiceOnバイ

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