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おとる
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)
1. to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
In terms of military strength, we are significantly inferior.
Alt. forms
劣おとる
97%
おとる
2%
Pitch accent
お
とる
お
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Conjugations...Used in: 140
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
to compare unfavorably; to be not as good
even an outstanding person becomes inferior when getting old
Examples (20 in total)
She is no less beautiful than her sister is.
My grades were inferior to hers.
He is second to none in mathematics.
Ann is second to none in tennis.
He is inferior to me in learning.
He is little, if at all, inferior to you.
In terms of military strength, we are significantly inferior.
He is inferior to you in all respects.
This wine is inferior to that one in flavor.
This machine is inferior to that one in durability.
Few people can admit that they are inferior.
He works as hard as any other student.
There is no inferiority to be found when compared with anyone.
Tom works as hard as any boy in the class.
He studied as hard as anybody in his class.
I think this one is inferior to that in quality.
This butter is domestic, but it is in no way inferior to foreign butter.
If one discards that ability, one becomes inferior even to the beasts of the field.
The dinner he ate this evening was inferior in quality to that dinner.
He pointed out that the former was inferior to the latter in some respects.