considering ...; more/less than expected given ...

頑張がんばったわりに、点数てんすうひくかったな。

ganbatta wari ni, tensuu hikukatta na.

Considering how hard I tried, my score was pretty low. casual

このおみせ、わりとおいしいよ。

kono omise, wari to oishii yo.

This place is pretty good, actually. casual

Variants

  • 割にはwarinihaformal

    には doubles topic and emphasis — reads a touch more written, common in reviews and reports

  • 割とwaritocolloquial

    the everyday form of the adverbial "comparatively" sense (usage 2) — わりに reads a shade more formal there; both stay the same in the benchmark-comparison sense

割に

わりにwari niN3neutral

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