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倍

ばい

double; times (multiple)

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Examples

  1. 彼は私の倍食べた。

    かれはわたしのばいたべた。

    He ate twice as much as I did.

  2. ねだんが二倍になりました。

    ねだんがにばいになりました。

    The price has doubled.

  3. 去年の三倍のお客さんが来ました。

    きょねんのさんばいのおきゃくさんがきました。

    Three times as many customers came as last year.

Common patterns

二倍になる
to double
何倍も
many times over
～の倍
twice as much as ~

Memory tip

A counter for multiples: 二倍 twice, 三倍 three times — watch the sound change in さんばい. Standing alone with no number, 倍 already means "double".

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