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godan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)intransitive verb

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Meanings

to be inferior to, to be less good at, to fall behind

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かれ成績せいせき平均へいきんよりおと

His grades are below average.

この製品せいひん品質ひんしつ他社たしゃのものにおとらない

This product is not inferior in quality to those of other companies.

体力たいりょくではおとっているが、知恵ちえではだれにもけない。

Although I am inferior in physical strength, I won't lose to anyone in wisdom.

あたらしいモデルはまえのバージョンより性能せいのうおとかんじた。

I felt that the new model was inferior in performance to the previous version.

どんな分野ぶんやにおいても、経験けいけんおとれば結果けっかるのは当然とうぜんだ。

In any field, it is natural that results will differ if one's experience is inferior.