比べ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
比
くら Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Etymology

Nominative form of 比べる (kuraberu, “compare”)

Noun

比(くら)べ • (kurabe) 

1. contest, comparison, competition

Derived terms

• 比べ物 (kurabemono): worthy of comparison
• 比べ物にならない (kurabemono ni naranai): cannot be compared with
• に比べ (ni kurabe): compared to
• 腕比べ (udekurabe): contest
• 背比べ (seikurabe): comparing heights
• 丈比べ (takekurabe): comparison of statures

• 根比べ (konkurabe): endurance contest
• 力比べ (chikarukurabe): contest of strength
• 駆け比べ (kakekurabe): race, footrace
• 我慢比べ (gaman kurabe): contest of endurance
• どんぐりの背比べ, 団栗の背比べ (donguri no seikurabe): having no outstanding characteristics