1.
triple; three times the amount
Three times some quantity, value, or size. Formed with the counter 倍 (times).
売上が三倍になった。
Sales tripled.
彼は私の三倍も食べる。
He eats three times as much as I do.
都心の家賃は、郊外の三倍以上することもある。
Rent in the city center can be more than triple that of the suburbs.
Compound of 三 (three) + 倍 (times). Note the rendaku: ばい → ばい (actually no rendaku here; ばい remains). Other quantities: 二倍 (double), 四倍 (quadruple), 十倍 (tenfold).
GRAMMAR:
- Aの三倍: three times A — used with の to mark the reference point
- 三倍になる: to become triple, to triple (intransitive)
- 三倍にする: to triple something (transitive)
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 三倍の値段: triple the price
- 三倍に増える: to increase threefold
- 三倍以上: more than three times