一倍|いちばいichibai[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. nounmultiplying by one; original amount
    この橋はしはあの橋はしの一倍いちばい半はんの長ながさがある。↗
    This bridge is one and half times as long as that.
  2. adverb(even) more
  3. noundouble; twice (as much); twofold
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym一層いっそうNeutralMeans 'even more, still more', as in 「一層努力する」. 「一倍」 today survives mostly in 「人一倍」, which means doubly, more than others.
  • Antonym半分はんぶんNeutralMeans 'half' — the opposite of the doubling that 「一倍」 expresses.

「一倍」 is now used mainly in 「人一倍」, as in 「人一倍努力する」, meaning doubly, more than others. For 'even more' in general say 「一層」; for 'half' say 「半分」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. ある数かずに一いちをかけること。
  2. (文語ぶんご的てき)ある数かずを倍ばいすること。ある数かずの2倍ばい。
  3. (語義ごぎ2より、副詞ふくし的てき用法ようほうとして)さらに、一層いっそう。
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