Illustration: At a neighborhood bake-sale table, three customers collect identical bags of biscuits. In front of the first customer, one bag is paired with one coin; the second has two bags paired with two matching coins; the third has three bags paired with three matching coins.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

比ひ例れい

hirei

to be proportional

Often used as ～に比例して, meaning “in proportion to.” Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 給与きゅうよが増ふえるに比例ひれいして、所得税率しょとくぜいりつもあがっていく。

    The income tax rate increases in proportion as your salary rises.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 給料きゅうりょうは仕事量しごとりょうに比例ひれいして支払しはらわれる。

    The wages will be paid in proportion to the work done.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 罪つみに比例ひれいして罰ばっするべきだ。

    The punishment should be in proportion to the crime.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 比例

  • 比compare; raceOnヒKunくらべる
  • 例example; customOnレイKunたとえる

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