(さんばい)

さんばい
noun
triple; three times (the amount)
1. triple; three times the amount
Three times some quantity, value, or size. Formed with the counter (ばい) (times).
売上(うりあげ)三倍(さんばい)になった。
Sales tripled.
(かれ)(わたし)三倍(さんばい)()べる。
He eats three times as much as I do.
都心(としん)家賃(やちん)は、郊外(こうがい)三倍(さんばい)以上(いじょう)することもある。
Rent in the city center can be more than triple that of the suburbs.

Compound of (さん) (three) + (ばい) (times). Note the rendaku: ばい → ばい (actually no rendaku here; ばい remains). Other quantities: 二倍(にばい) (double), 四倍(よんばい) (quadruple), 十倍(じゅうばい) (tenfold).

GRAMMAR:

  • Aの三倍(さんばい): three times A — used with の to mark the reference point
  • 三倍(さんばい)になる: to become triple, to triple (intransitive)
  • 三倍(さんばい)にする: to triple something (transitive)

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 三倍(さんばい)値段(ねだん): triple the price
  • 三倍(さんばい)()える: to increase threefold
  • 三倍(さんばい)以上(いじょう): more than three times