By contrast in Japanese

Definition

Definition in EnglishSets a second thing against the first on the same point.

Definition in Japanese前に言ったことと比べて、別のものの違う点を示すときのことば。

Example sentences

• 電車(でんしゃ)は二時間(にじかん)です。それに対(たい)して、車(くるま)は四時間(よじかん)かかります。🔊

  By train it's two hours. By contrast, the car takes four.

• 図書館(としょかん)は静(しず)かです。それに対(たい)して、カフェはうるさいです。🔊

  The library is quiet. By contrast, cafés are noisy.

• 電車(でんしゃ)は四人(よにん)で二万(にまん)円(えん)です。それに対(たい)して、車(くるま)は四人(よにん)で一万(いちまん)円(えん)です。🔊

  By train it's twenty thousand yen for the four of us. By contrast, by car it's ten thousand.

Learn it in a lesson

• Arguing with balance in Japanese: 一方で and それに対して

by contrast in other languages

• What by contrast means
• In Portuguese
• In French