Illustration: After practice in a Japanese school gym, most basketball players sit along the wall drinking water or changing their shoes. One teammate is still performing repeated defensive slides across the court, knees bent deeply and sweat running down his face.

JLPT N1adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

人ひと一いち倍ばい

hitoichibai

more than most people

Example sentences

  1. それ以降いこう、剣術修行けんじゅつしゅぎょうに人一倍ひといちばい精せいを出だす。

    After that he had practiced swordplay more than anybody else.

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

  2. その為ため、織田家おだかへの思おもいは人一倍ひといちばいだったのであろう。

    Therefore, he had stronger feeling for the Oda family than others.

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

  3. 体からだは弱よわい方ほうだったが、人一倍ひといちばい衛生えいせいを重おもんじ、食物しょくもつに気きをつけて養生ようじょうしたので長命ちょうめいを得えたという。

    It is said that although he was rather delicate in health, he took care of himself by extremely valuing the hygiene and paying attention to what he ate, he enjoyed a long life.

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

Kanji in 人一倍

  • 人personOnジン・ニンKunひと
  • 一oneOnイチ・イツKunひと-・ひとつ
  • 倍double; twiceOnバイ

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