倍
ばい
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold
JLPT N4 Common word
Meanings
Noun, No-adjective
double; twice (as much)Counter
times (as much); -fold- 1-nth; 1 to n; 1 in n
Example sentences
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He ate twice as much as I did.
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Five times five is twenty-five.
4の5倍は20である。
Four times five is 20.
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He earns double my salary.
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Its value trebled.
More examples (10)
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He is as old again as she is.
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He had twice as much money as I.
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The population of China is 8 times that of Japan.
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Grandma is three and a half times your age.
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He is half as old again as she is.
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The population of China is about eight times as large as that of Japan.
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Prices are double what they were ten years ago.
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His room is twice as large as mine.
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The earth is about six times as large as the moon.
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The sun is 330,000 times as heavy as earth.