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<title>にしては — DoJG</title></head><body><h2 class="B"><div id="nav"><a href="106.html">←</a>&nbsp;<a href="index.html">DoJG</a>&nbsp;<a href="108.html">→</a></div>にしては <span class="page">(B. 309)</span></h2><aside class="explanation B"><form id="spoiler_container"><input type="checkbox" id="spoiler" value="1" /> <span id="spoiler_caption">Spoiler English example sentences</span></form>A phrase that indicates a generally agreed upon standard (the entire sentence that includes this phrase expresses some deviation from that standard.)<div class="equiv">For ~; considering that ~</div></aside><p class="exheader exB">Example sentences</p><dl><dt>(ksa).　</dt><dd>高山さんは日本人<span class="cloze">にしては</span>大きい・大きいです。</dd><dd><span class="engsentence">Mr. Takayama is big for a Japanese person.</span></dd><dt>(ksb).　</dt><dd>ボブは日本語をよく勉強している<span class="cloze">にしては</span>下手だ・下手です。</dd><dd><span class="engsentence">Considering that Bob is studying Japanese hard, he is poor at it.</span></dd><dt>(a).　</dt><dd>八月<span class="cloze">にしては</span>涼しいですね。</dd><dd><span class="engsentence">For August is it cool, isn't it?</span></dd><dt>(b).　</dt><dd>これは日本の車<span class="cloze">にしては</span>大きいですね。</dd><dd><span class="engsentence">For a Japanese car this is big, isn't it?</span></dd><dt>(c).　</dt><dd>彼はレスラーだった<span class="cloze">にしては</span>体が小さい。</dd><dd><span class="engsentence">Considering that he was a wrestler, he is small.</span></dd><dt>(d).　</dt><dd>青木さんはアメリカに十年いた<span class="cloze">にしては</span>英語があまり上手じゃない。</dd><dd><span class="engsentence">Considering that Mr. Aoki spent ten years in America, his English is not very good.</span></dd></dl><p class="exheader exB">Formation</p><div class="formation"><table class="table"> <tbody><tr class="tr head"> <td class="td"><span class="numbers">(i)</span> <span class="bold"><span> Noun</span></span></td> <td class="td"><span>(<span class="concept">だった</span><span>)</span> <span class="concept">にしては</span></span></td> <td class="td"><span>&nbsp;</span></td> </tr> <tr class="tr"> <td class="td"><span>&nbsp;</span></td> <td class="td"><span>先生</span><span>(<span class="concept">だった</span><span>)</span> <span class="concept">にしては</span></span></td> <td class="td"><span>Considering that someone is/was a teacher</span></td> </tr> <tr class="tr head"> <td class="td"><span class="numbers">(ii) </span><span class="bold"><span>Vinformal</span></span></td> <td class="td"><span class="concept">にしては</span> </td> <td class="td"><span>&nbsp;</span></td> </tr> <tr class="tr"> <td class="td"><span>&nbsp;</span></td> <td class="td"><span>{話す /話した} <span class="concept">にしては</span></span></td> <td class="td"><span>Considering that someone talks/talked</span></td> </tr></tbody></table></div><div class="notes"><img src="Basicにしては.png" width="600px" /></div>