Questions tagged [particle-より]
助詞「より」. Used in comparisons as a reference point ("compared to", "more than"). It can be also used to mean "from" (equivalent to から).
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Yori in letters
In the picture, it is signed "Yaeka" (this is from Kumichou Musume to Sewagakari) who is the author of the letter. The translation says "Love, Yaeka" but I'm pretty sure Yori ...
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Usage of より at end of sentence?
Just wondering a little bit about the mechanics of より in this sentence. The context as far as I can tell is that someone is saying they are better at doing Laundry and cleaning when compared to their ...
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I don't know how to interpret this line 死んだと知らさせるより受け入れがたいから
I don't understand very well what a character wants to say...For context, this character is on the verge of dying, he was cursed and had only a day to live and tries to find the one who cursed him....
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より usage related question
「もちろんです。孤高な完璧さより不完全な美。お姉さまは、かのミロのヴィーナスのような存在なのです」
I came across this sentence and at first I have understand "不完全な美 is better than 孤高な完璧さ", but with the context it have to be "孤高な完璧さ ...
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Does より mean から in the following context?
I came across the following sentence
春秋社より楽譜出版。
I think it means “music scores published by 春秋社. But what usage of より is this? Does it mean から (from) here
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Usage of より in 今まででいちばん多かった前の年より１５人少なくなりましたが
from this article: https://nhkeasier.com/story/4248/
As I understand it, より has the following usage:
Nより = rather than/compared to N
so that in this sentence it would be something along the lines of:
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Can より be used in questions of comparison?
Reading through several learning resources, questions of comparison are always shown of the following type:
XとYと どちら・・・
and statements of comparison are always shown of the following type:
Xより Yのほう・...
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Function of より before a noun in a phrase
I came across this sentence/fragment from a song:
誰かの演技を真似してみて より自分が分かったり
I'm having trouble what the function of the より before the noun is supposed to be doing. Is より自分 a set phrase that doesn't ...
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より in this sentence. When より standing in front? [duplicate]
より寂しい雰囲気が漂っている
Why より standing in front?
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How to understand 「僕は誰より彼女が好きなんだ。」
I don't understand 「僕は誰より彼女が好きなんだ。」. I guess 好きなんだ means love, but なん means not. Can anyone help me?
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Clarification on comparative constructions is needed
Here's a sentence:
シベリアより東の地域はシベリアの中部ほど寒くないです。
I understand what it says but I don't understand why 「より」 is used right after 「シベリア」, and why the word order is not like this:
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Confused with より
I'm translating a song from 池森秀一 DEEN and I came across this sentence:
生きてゆきたい 今日より明日へ
And I got confused because my translation was 'I want to keep living, from today to/towards tomorrow'....
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「AのほうがBより(property)」 vs. 「AはBより(property)」
In Genki I, chapter 10 I've learned:
AのほうがBより(property)。 A is more (property) than B.
Example: 中国のほうが日本より大きいです。
Now I just came across the following example sentence:
新かん線はふつうの電車より速いです。 The ...
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Distinguishing between 'on' and 'above'
世界のルールで、島は水より上に出ていなければならないと決まっています。
World rules determine that an island must stick out above the water.
In this sentence 水より上 clearly means 'above the water', but when I look in bilingual ...
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Problem with 大きくなって
I'm translating a letter and came across this sentence:
今{いま}よりもっと[大きく]{おおきく}なって...
I'm having problems understanding the grammar used here. I know this means "When I get bigger" or "When I grow ...
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より in 実家より、またご連絡いたします
I knew about より and its comparative function but it seemed not suitable for this sentence:
実家より、またご連絡いたします。
What's the meaning of "実家より" in this context?
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Sentence misinterpretation
I'm trying to understand what I misunderstand with this sentence example from jisho:
彼らのコミュニケーションは我々が考えてきたものよりはるかに複雑かもしれません。
I thought of it as roughly
their communication, being we have come ...
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Grammatic structure だれより question
Could anyone help me break down the grammatical structure in the sentence below? I understand 「~より」 indicates a superlative here, but I don’t fully understand how it combines with 「だれ 」. I am also ...
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Is より used in superlative function here?
The following is an excerpt from a conversation between me and my language partner:
クジラ肉は規制があるので、食べる機会は少ないのですが、私が住んでいる地域では、馬肉より手に入りやすいです
My attempt at translation:
"Concerning whalemeat, because ...
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When do I use ほう with より?
Take this sentence, for example:
"日本語がドイツ語より面白いです"
Up until now I've never seen より without ほう (still quite a beginner), so I'm wandering if "日本語のほうがドイツ語より面白いです" is different in any way (maybe it ...
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Understanding ただより高いものはない
「むかしっからなァ、ただより高いものはないっていうことわざがあるんだぞっ。」
From the old days there's a saying that "nothing costs as much as what is given to us".
I've taken the translation of ただより高いものはない straight from the dictionary,...
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Use of "yori" in this sentence
From what I can tell; this is a yes / no question coming from the line before it and the presence of "short form + の + かい".
でもたまに思い出し、お前に問いかける
憎しみより深い幸福はあるのかい
Does it mean, "But ...
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Ways to say 'rather than'
I like cats rather than dogs
犬より猫が好き
犬よりも猫が好き
犬というより猫が好き
Which, if any, of the above are correct and what is the difference between them?
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What does the word 「よりうけ」 mean?
Here is the sentence including the word.
生{せい}活{かつ}費{ひ}そのほかいっさいのせわを丹{たん}下｛げ｝氏{し}よりうけ
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Can より be used differently than saying "b more x than a"?
I could not find any examples of this usage, but what I'm basically asking is whether or not this is possible:
怒るより悲しいですよ
Rather than being mad, I am sad
Is this a legitimate way of using より?
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When to use "もっと" vs "より"
Giving examples if possible, what's the difference between e.g. もっと大きい and より大きい to mean "more (than)"/"bigger (than)"? In what situations would you use もっと over より and vice versa?
For instance, why ...
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Additional nuance of より with time
It seems to me that より has virtually no meaning when used as shown below.
Consider these:
Please come before five O'clock:
五時前に来てください
五時より前に来てください
Please come after five O'clock:
五時後に来てください (*...
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Problem understanding a sentence
The sentence トムは私より身長が高いです。 means "Tom is taller than I me." but I'm trying to find the meaning of each word in order to understand the japanese sentence better. Here is what I have so far:
トムは(Tom ...
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より not used for comparing?
The title of a piano arrangement of a Touhou song (Hakurei Reimu's Theme) is:
「東方永夜抄 - Imperishable Night.」 より 博麗霊夢のテーム
(Question) What does より do in the title?
If it were to mean "from the game ...
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How should I view でより and でのより?
My basic understanding of より to compare things or ending letters, is failing me when there's a で or での in front of it.
As I write this, I'm wondering, can read でより as "with, more", "in, more"?
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