割に (wari ni)

Meaning

  1. comparatively
  2. relatively
  3. pretty

All JLPT 3 grammar : 割に(割に, wari ni), comparatively; relatively; pretty; rather, [Adverb]

Example

日本語意味
買い物の割に遅かったな。どこぞでよろしくやっていたのか?You’re pretty late to have just gone shopping. Have you been making out someplace?
父は48歳だが、年の割には若く見える。My father is 48, but he looks young for his age.
彼女は30代だが、歳の割にはふけて見える。She is in her thirties, but looks old for her age.
彼は年齢の割には背が高い。He is a tall boy for his years.

Vocabulary

日本語ローマ字意味
warirate, ratio, proportion
どこdokowhere
見えるmieruto be seen, to be in sight
chichifather
saiyears old
toshiyear, age
daicost, price, generation
彼女kanojoshe, her
年齢nenreiage, years
seheight, stature
高いtakaihigh, tall, expensive

Kanji

漢字おんよみくんよみ意味
バイか.うbuy
ブツ,モツもの, もの-thing, object
おく.れる, おく.らす, おそ.いslow, late, back
カツわ.る, わり, わ.りproportion, divide
ちちfather
ケンみ.る, み.える, み.せるsee, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible
ネンとしyear, counter for years
ジャク,ニャク,ニャわか.い, わか-, も.しくわyoung, immature
サイ,セイとし, とせ, よわいage, occasion
ジョ,ニョ,ニョウおんな, めwoman, female
ダイ,タイか.わる, かわ.る, かわ.りsubstitute, change
かれ, かの, か.のhe, that, the
コウたか.い, たか, -だかtall, high, expensive
ハイせ, せい, そむ.くstature, height

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