比べ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
くら
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Etymology

Nominative form of 比べる (kuraberu, compare)

Pronunciation

Noun

比べ (hiragana くらべ, rōmaji kurabe)

  1. contest, comparison, competition

Derived terms

  • 比べ物 (kurabemono): worthy of comparison
  • 比べ物にならない (kurabemono ni naranai): cannot be compared with
  • に比べ (ni kurabe): compared to
  • 腕比べ (udekurabe): contest
  • 背比べ (seikurabe): comparing heights
  • 丈比べ (takekurabe): comparison of statures
  • 根比べ (konkurabe): endurance contest
  • 力比べ (chikarukurabe): contest of strength
  • 駆け比べ (kakekurabe): race, footrace
  • 我慢比べ (gaman kurabe): contest of endurance
  • どんぐりの背比べ, 団栗の背比べ (donguri no seikurabe): having no outstanding characteristics
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