劣る (おとる): to fall behind, to be inferior to — Japanese vocabulary
劣る is read おとる and means "to fall behind, to be inferior to". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.
劣る
- Reading
- おとる · otoru
- Translation
- to fall behind, to be inferior to
- Level
- JLPT N3
- Pitch accent
- おとるがおとるが
Example
彼女は姉に優るとも劣らぬ美人だ。
かのじょはあねにまさるともおとらぬびじんだ。
She is not less beautiful than her sister.
Kanji in this word
- 劣 — inferior
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