人ひと一いち倍ばい

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

adverb, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

more than others; twice as much; extraordinarily

Used to describe doing something with greater intensity, effort, or degree than the average person. Often carries a nuance of exceptional dedication or unusual degree.

彼かれは人ひと一いち倍ばい努ど力りょくして、夢ゆめを叶かなえた。
He worked twice as hard as others and made his dream come true.
彼かの女じょは人ひと一いち倍ばいの好こう奇き心しんを持もっている。
She has an extraordinary amount of curiosity.

Usage patterns

人ひと一いち倍ばい〈動どう詞し〉to do something to a greater degree than others (e.g. work, worry, try harder)
彼かれは人ひと一いち倍ばい努ど力りょくして試し験けんに合ごう格かくした。
He worked harder than anyone else and passed the exam.
人ひと一いち倍ばい〈形けい容よう詞し〉to be more so (in some quality) than the average person
彼かの女じょは人ひと一いち倍ばい寒さむがりだ。
She feels the cold more than most people.

Kanji

人person
一one, one radical (no.1)
倍double, twice, times

Related words

ひときわN1
一際 is an adverb meaning 'noticeably' or 'conspicuously more', while 人一倍 specifically means 'more than the average person' and often implies effort or dedication.
格かく別べつN2
格別 means 'exceptionally' or 'especially' in a general sense, whereas 人一倍 specifically compares one's degree or effort to that of other people.
一いち倍ばい
一倍's adverbial sense of 'more than others' is only used inside the fixed expression 人一倍, so 人一倍 is the actual word learners will encounter.

Opposites

人ひと並なみN1
人並み means 'average' or 'like everyone else', the opposite of 人一倍's sense of exceeding others.

Don't confuse with

一いち倍ばい
一倍 literally means 'one time as much' (i.e. the same amount), while 人一倍 is an idiom meaning 'more than others'.

Built from

人ひと+一いち倍ばい

Etymology

Compound of 人 (hito, 'person') and 一倍 (ichibai, 'double'). Literally 'double that of a person', it came to mean 'more than others' or 'extraordinarily'.