比較|ひかくhikaku[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbcomparison
    あなたの答こたえとトムの答こたえと比較ひかくしなさい。↗
    Compare your answer with Tom's.
Conjugation
Dictionary form比較する(ひかくする)
Polite (masu)比較します(ひかくします)
Negative (nai)比較しない(ひかくしない)
polite (masen)比較しません(ひかくしません)
classical zu / nu比較せず・比較せぬ(ひかくせず・ひかくせぬ)
Past (ta)比較した(ひかくした)
polite (mashita)比較しました(ひかくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)比較しなかった(ひかくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)比較しませんでした(ひかくしませんでした)
Te form比較して(ひかくして)
Potential比較できる(ひかくできる)
Passive比較される(ひかくされる)
Causative比較させる(ひかくさせる)
Causative passive比較させられる(ひかくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)比較すれば(ひかくすれば)
tara比較したら(ひかくしたら)
Volitional比較しよう(ひかくしよう)
polite (mashou)比較しましょう(ひかくしましょう)
Imperative比較しろ(ひかくしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym比べるくらべるNeutralThe everyday verb for comparing or competing, as in 「大きさを比べる」. 「比較」 is a Sino-Japanese noun with a more formal feel.
  • Synonym対照たいしょうNeutralComparing side by side, as in 「原文と訳文を対照する」; also a striking contrast, as in 「対照的」. 「比較」 covers similarities and differences generally.
  • Synonym対比たいひWrittenWritten-style word for setting two things side by side to highlight their differences, as in 「新旧を対比する」.
  • Synonym比するひするWrittenA verb that leans toward written style, mostly in the pattern 「~に比して」, meaning 'compared with'; 「比べる」 is the usual spoken choice.
  • Synonym見比べるみくらべるNeutralTo compare things by eye, looking at them side by side, as in 「二つの商品を見比べる」. The focus is on visual comparison.
  • Synonym引き比べるひきくらべるWrittenWritten-style: to put things side by side and compare them. In everyday speech, 「比べる」 is the normal choice.
  • RelatedくらべNeutralOften a suffix for contests or for comparing by trying things out, as in 「力比べ」 and 「食べ比べ」.
  • Related照らし合わせるてらしあわせるNeutralTo compare in order to check or verify, as in 「原本と照らし合わせる」; the emphasis is on confirming whether things match.
  • Related比べ物くらべものNeutralSomething that can bear comparison; mostly used in the negative, as in 「比べ物にならない」.
  • RelatedたぐえるWrittenA written word for likening one thing to another; rare in modern usage. Say 「なぞらえる」 or 「比べる」 instead.

Use 「比較」 for formal comparison and 「比べる」 in everyday speech. To highlight a contrast, pick 「対照」 or 「対比」; for comparing by eye, 「見比べる」; for checking one thing against another, 「照らし合わせる」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 違ちがいを見みるためにある物ものと他ほかの物ものを比くらべあわせる事こと。
Kanji in this word
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