Practice JLPTMeaning
倍 (ばい, bai) is a JLPT N4 noun meaning “double”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
以前の 収入は 今の 倍はあった。
My previous income was double what it is now.
辛さＸ２０倍
20 Times Spicy!
脚の強さは腕の10倍だ。
Legs are 10 times stronger than arms.
人一倍照れ屋だった父は、酒なしには人と話もできなかった。
My father, who was twice as shy as other people, couldn't even talk with people without drinking sake first.
奥村さんのうちはご主人が無口なのに反して奥さんが 人一倍のおしゃべりだ。
In Okumura's family, whereas the husband is quiet, the wife is very talkative.
この新しい（コンピュータ）モデルは、古いモデルと比べて演算が三倍速くなっている。
When compared with the older (computer) model, the operation speed of this new model is three times as fast.
一年間に日本中の廃棄物は5,160万トン、しかもこれは家庭や飲食店などから出る一般廃棄物で、産業廃棄物にいたってはその8倍近くの4億8百万トンも出ているのです。
In a year, 51,600,000 tons of waste is produced across Japan. And, this is just general waste from homes and eating places. When it comes to industrial waste, as much as 408,000,000 tons of waste, or nearly eight times as much as general waste, is produced.
今日では海外に出かける日本人の数は、日本に来る外国人観光客の数の三倍もあります。しかしその一方で、海外から日本への観光客も、１９７０年以降、確実に増加しています。
Today, the number of Japanese who go abroad is three times the number of foreign tourists who come to Japan. At the same time, the number of tourists who come to Japan from abroad has been increasing steadily since 1970.
は４の２ 倍です。
Eight is the double of four.
２の２ 倍は４です。
Twice two is four.
二の 二 倍は 四。
Twice two is equal to four.
これは前年の２倍だ。
This is twice as many as in the year before.