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Formation: V / い-adj plain + わりに（は）; な-adj + な + わりに（は）; N + の + わりに（は）

Says that the result is better or worse than you would expect given X, and the gap can be good or bad. X is usually something that has a degree or scale, such as price, age, effort or size. It is common in conversation and casual writing, and adding は makes the contrast stronger. Compare 〜にしては, which mostly follows a noun or verb and measures against the standard for a specific category (子どもにしては, 'for a child'). わりに is more natural with scale words such as 値段のわりに. Unlike のに, it does not carry strong frustration.

Variants: 〜わりには、〜割に

Examples

• この店は値段のわりに量が多い。
  For the price, this place gives you big portions.
• 彼は年齢のわりには若く見える。
  He looks young for his age.
• 一生懸命勉強したわりには、点数が伸びなかった。
  Considering how hard I studied, my score didn't improve much.

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