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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

倍ばい率りつ

bairitsu

applicant-to-place ratio

A higher 倍率 means more applicants per available place. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 一般的いっぱんてきに医学部いがくぶ、東大京大とうだいきょうだいの人気学科にんきがっかは志望者しぼうしゃがおおいため、倍率ばいりつが2倍ばい、3倍ばいとなることもすくなくなかった。

    In general, because there were many applicants to the medical schools and to the popular divisions at the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University, acceptance rate was often one out of two or one out of three.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 有名大学ゆうめいだいがくは倍率ばいりつが高たかいから受験者じゅけんしゃも必死ひっしです。

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

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 今年ことしの入試にゅうしは、去年きょねんより倍率ばいりつが低ひくい。

    This year’s entrance exam has fewer applicants per place than last year’s.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 倍率

  • 倍double; twiceOnバイ
  • 率ratio; rateOnソツ・リツ・シュツKunひきいる

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