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比例 (ひれい): proportion — Japanese vocabulary

比例 is read ひれい and means "proportion". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

比例

Reading
ひれい · hirei
Translation
proportion
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
ひれいが

Example

あなたがする仕事の量に比例して給料が払われます。

あなたがするしごとのりょうにひれいしてきゅうりょうがはらわれます。

You get paid in proportion to the amount of the work you do.

Kanji in this word

  • 比 — compare, ratio
  • 例 — example

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