比べる
くらべる
hepburn kuraberu
to compare (transitive)
Part of speech · ichidan-verb
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Examples
- 二つの店の値段を比べてみました。I tried comparing the prices at the two shops.
- 去年と比べて、今年は雨が多いです。Compared with last year, there is more rain this year.
Collocations
値段を比べる二つを比べる前と比べる比べてみる比べ物にならない
Mnemonic
比べる kuraberu — from 比 (to compare), a pictograph of two people standing side by side. Setting two things side by side to weigh them is to compare. It is transitive: 「AとBを比べる」 or 「Aと比べてBは…」. Its on-yomi noun form is 比較 (hikaku), the same kanji read Sino-Japanese.
Quick check
Which noun uses the same kanji as 比べる read with on-yomi?