English translation:
although
rather…for
unexpectedly
Structure:
Verb + わりに
いAdj + わりに
なAdj + な + わりに
Noun + の + わりに
Explanation:
[AわりにB・B varies in quality, price, degree etc. from what person would normally expect from A ]
I’m not sure if I misunderstood something, but based on the video of Nihongo no Mori we should only use わりに for positive outcomes, while くせに is used for negative outcomes.
There are a lot of example sentences that do not follow this rule, so I wanted to ask if it really applies here.
Thanks!
@tylus Hey! Both わりに and くせに can be used with unexpected, negative outcomes. However, わりに can also be used when the outcome is positive, whileくせに cannot. Cheers!
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While going through DIJG, they mention 割合 as another way of saying 割と, which I saw mentioned on this grammar point, but not 割合. I wasn’t sure if it was worth also bringing up 割合 as well. 