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人一倍 (ひといちばい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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て
、
夢ゆめ
を
叶かな
え
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He worked twice as hard as others and made his dream come true.
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)
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
She feels the cold more than most people.
Related words 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.
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'.
