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わりと
warito
Description
「割と」は、思っていたより少し多い、または少し良いという意味で使う言葉です。
"わりと" is a word used to mean somewhat more or somewhat better than expected.
会話でよく使い、「わりと簡単だった」のように、予想と違うことを軽く伝えられます。
It is often used in conversation to lightly express something different from expectations, like in "わりと簡単だった" (It was rather easy).
Meanings
割とwarito
relatively; fairly; more than expected
このテストは割と簡単だった。
This test was relatively easy.
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Notes
- Nuance
割と implies the result differs from what you expected, often pleasantly; close to 案外 and 結構.
- Form
割と is a casual variant of 割に, both meaning 'relatively/unexpectedly'.
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