Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
くら
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

From (to see) +‎ 比べる (to compare).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

()(くら)べる (mikuraberutransitive ichidan (stem ()(くら) (mikurabe), past ()(くら)べた (mikurabeta))

  1. to compare with the eye
    しげしげと二人(ふたり)(かお)見比(みくら)べる
    shigeshige to futari no kao o mikuraberu
    to compare both of their faces back and forth by looking at them
  2. judge (A) in comparison (with B)
    (ふた)つの(あん)見比(みくら)べる
    futatsu no an o mikuraberu
    to compare both plans to each other

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN