昔と比べて
mukashi to kurabete
JA
Compared to the past; compared to how things used to be
昔と比べて生活が便利になりました。
Life has become more convenient compared to how it used to be.
Etymology
It is a Japanese phrase formed from 昔 (mukashi, meaning "past") + particle と (to, "and/with") + the te-form of 比べる (kuraberu, meaning "to compare"). It developed as a common way to contrast the present with the past.
Memory Aid
Break the phrase into parts: 昔 = past, 比べて = compared, so the full phrase means "compared with the past".
Collocations
昔と比べて便利昔と比べて豊か昔と比べて変わった
Synonyms
昔に比べて
Related Words
昔比べる現在過去比較