See 比べる in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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],
[
"contrast",
"contrast"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Japanese terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
0,
7
]
],
"bold_roman_offsets": [
[
18,
26
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
4,
7
]
],
"english": "compete on [one's] (physical) strength",
"roman": "chikara no hodo o kuraberu",
"ruby": [
[
"力",
"ちから"
],
[
"程",
"ほど"
],
[
"比",
"くら"
]
],
"text": "力の程を比べる",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to compete, contend"
],
"links": [
[
"compete",
"compete"
],
[
"contend",
"contend"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to communicate heart to heart"
],
"links": [
[
"communicate",
"communicate"
],
[
"heart to heart",
"heart to heart"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"other": "くらべる"
},
{
"ipa": "[kɯ̟ɾa̠be̞ɾɯ̟]"
}
],
"word": "比べる"
}
Download raw JSONL data for 比べる meaning in Japanese (7.6kB)
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (3dadd05 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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