Keyword
inferior
Info
FrequencyTop 1400-1500
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig926
Readings
おと
(42%)
れつ
(30%)
れっ
(26%)
Composed of
few
power
Used in kanji (1 in total)
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Used in vocabulary (68 in total)
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)
Examples (57 in total)
This wine is inferior to that one in flavor.
The dinner he ate this evening was inferior in quality to that dinner.
He is inferior to you in all respects.
He works as hard as any student.
He can run as fast as any other boy.
He works as hard as any other student.
He is little, if at all, inferior to you.
He worked as hard as anybody else.
He worked as hard as any man in the village.
He is much inferior to me in English.
He is inferior to his younger brother in English.
She studies as hard as any student in her class.
She is as beautiful as any girl that I've ever known.
She is no less beautiful than her sister is.
She works as hard as anybody does.
My grades were inferior to hers.
He is second to none when it comes to playing baseball.
He is second to none in mathematics.
He is poor at English but second to none in mathematics.
She is inferior to him in math.
I am inferior to him in mathematics.
He is as rich as any man in this town.
He is as brave a man as any in the village.
He pointed out that the former was inferior to the latter in some respects.
The former is inferior to the latter in some respect.
I think this one is inferior to that in quality.
Ann is second to none in tennis.
Tom works as hard as any boy in the class.
He studied as hard as anybody in his class.
When it comes to war, they are as brave as anyone.
There is no reason for you to feel inferior to anyone.
Tom feels inferior to Mary.
He is as smart as any other boy in the class.
This machine is inferior to that one in durability.
Olive oil is perishable.
This novel of his is inferior to the previous one.
This computer is second to none in quality.
He is inferior to me in learning.
Jane is as beautiful a girl as her sister.
Animals lives are no less valuable than our lives are.
He is no less kind than his sister.
He is not less bright than his brother.
He is no less wise than his brother is.
He is not less diligent than she.
He is no less wise than his father.
She is no less pretty than her sister.
She is no less beautiful than her sister.
She is not less beautiful than her sister.
She is no less charming than her sister.
She is no less beautiful than her mother.
Sunlight is no less necessary to good health than fresh air.
My father loved me no less passionately than my mother.
Sleep is no less necessary to health than food.
Can you name anyone that we know who is as talented as he is?
My sister likes classical music no less than I do.
This butter is domestic, but it is in no way inferior to foreign butter.
The coastal ecosystem of British Columbia is rapidly declining.