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ni tsuki / ni tsurete/tsure 285

[Related Expression]
Atari also means 'per.' The difference between atari and ni tsuki is that while
atari can be used with a counter only (i.e., without a number), as in [I], ni
tsuki requires both a number and a counter. When atari appears with a
counter only, however, it appears only with certain counters.
h
[l] a. E@Bd W f; 1) 5 l=)b (five dollars per hour)
b. + u 3 1) 3~ (two thousand yen a kilo)

Atari is also used in the structure - atari no N, as in [2].
[2] a. E@Bd% f; 11 a)&% (wage per hour (i.e., hourly wage))
b. 4 3 7~ 1) a)%$& (wholesale price per kilo)
hL+Ltlh Lri D Dri
c. %&AS f: 1) a)%HX PR Rf (annual per capita rice con-
sumption (lit. annual rice consumption per citizen))

ni tsurete/tsure CZ7h 7 / 7 h conj. /cornp. prt.

as; in proportion to; with
change occurs in accordance with [REL. ni shitagattelshita-
gai; - ba - hodo; to torno nil

+ ~ Sentences
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~

(As my Japanese became more proficient, the number of my Japanese
friends increased.)