数十倍(すうじゅうばい)

すうじゅうばい
noun
tens of times; dozens of times as much
quantity
1. tens of times; dozens of times as much
a multiplier roughly in the range of ten to ninety-nine times, used to express a large but imprecise difference in scale
処理(しょり)速度(そくど)が数十倍(すうじゅうばい)になった。
The processing speed increased by dozens of times.
都心(としん)の地価(ちか)は郊外(こうがい)の数十倍(すうじゅうばい)だ。
Land prices in the city center are dozens of times higher than in the suburbs.
インターネットの普及(ふきゅう)により、情報(じょうほう)の伝達(でんたつ)速度(そくど)は以前(いぜん)の数十倍(すうじゅうばい)に達(たっ)している。
With the spread of the internet, the speed of information transmission has reached dozens of times what it was before.

Composed of 数(すう) (several) + 十(じゅう) (ten) + 倍(ばい) (times/fold). Part of a productive pattern: 数(すう) + counter creates approximate numbers (数十(すうじゅう) = tens of, 数百(すうひゃく) = hundreds of, 数千(すうせん) = thousands of). Adding 倍(ばい) expresses multiples. Commonly used in news, technology, and business contexts to describe dramatic increases.

Common collocations

  • 数十倍(すうじゅうばい)になる: to become dozens of times greater
  • 数十倍(すうじゅうばい)の差(さ): a difference of dozens of times
  • 数十倍(すうじゅうばい)に増(ふ)える: to increase by dozens of times

Related words

Related Words

Related: 数倍(すうばい) (several times)
Related: 何倍(なんばい) (how many times)
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Added 2026.4.20 0:24 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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