日本語のおしゃべり

Japanese Language
「Particles」

「Yori・より」
NOTE: Yori is sometimes displaced by nonstandard yori mo and yori ka.
「Part 1」

１．Indicates a comparison: "than."

Examples:
吉田さんは小出さんより背が高いです。
Yoshida-san wa Koide-san yori se ga takai desu.
Yoshida is taller than Koide.

ニューヨークより東京の方が、人口が多いです。
Nyūyōku yori Tōkyō no kata ga, jinkō ga ōi desu.
The population of Tokyo is greater than that of New York.

　２．In the form of to iu yori: "rather."

Examples:
.あの人は指導者というより、独裁者です。
Ano hito wa shidō-sha to iu yori, dokusai-sha desu.
He is a dictator rather than a leader.
「He is more of a dictator than a leader.」

A大学の学長は、学者というより政治家だ。
A daigaku no gakuchō wa, gakusha to iu yori seiji-ka da.
The president of A University is more of a politician than a scholar.

３．Used with interrogative words, indicates that the thing previously mentioned is in the superlative.

Examples:
この店のフランス料理は、どこよりおいしいと思います。
Kono mise no Furansu‐ryōri wa, doko yori oishī to omoimasu.
　I think that the French food at this restaurant is better than anywhere else.

彼は私にプロポーズしたとき、「僕は誰よりも君を愛している」と言ったのよ。
Kare wa watashi ni puropōzu shita toki,`boku wa dare yori mo kimi o aishite iru' to itta no yo.
When he proposed to me, he said, "I love you more than anyone."

お元気そうで何よりです。
O genki-sō de nani yori desu.
I'm glad to see you looking so well.
「Lit., Your looking well is more than anything.」

４．Indicates the time or place at which an action takes place: "from, at."
NOTE: This usage is equivalent to kara (#15, I-1 [time] and I-2 [place]), although yori is more formal and is more commonly used in writing and elevated speech.

Examples:
３時より閣議が行われます。
Sanji yori kakugi ga okonawaremasu.
A cabinet meeting will begin at [be held from] three o' clock.

この国境より向こうが中国です。
Kono kokkyō yori mukō ga Chūgoku desu.
From this [point of the] border on is China
「On the other side of this border is China.」

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