比べる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
くら
Grade: 5
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
較べる
競べる

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「比べる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
比べる らべる
Imperative (命令形) 比べろ らべろ
Key constructions
Passive 比べられる らべられる
Causative 比べさせる らべさせる
Potential 比べられる らべられる
Volitional 比べよう らべよ
Negative 比べない らべない
Negative perfective 比べなかった らべなかった
Formal 比べます らべま
Perfective 比べた らべた
Conjunctive 比べて らべて
Hypothetical conditional 比べれば らべれ

Verb

(くら)べる (kuraberutransitive ichidan (stem (くら) (kurabe), past (くら)べた (kurabeta))

  1. to compare, contrast
    (ふく)(しゃ)(げん)(ぶん)(くら)べる
    fukusha to genbun o kuraberu
    Compare the copy and the original
  2. to compete, contend
    (ちから)(ほど)(くら)べる
    chikara no hodo o kuraberu
    compete on (physical) strength
  3. to communicate heart to heart

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN