1362 比べる: compare, contrast: I compared this month's sales with last month's. 2287 前年: the year before: Our profit went up compared to the year before. 4293 比較: comparison: Let's compare it with last year's sales. 5382 硬さ: hardness: In our science class, we compared the hardness of stones. 5881 銭湯: public bath, bathhouse: We have fewer public bathhouses today compared to the past. 8105 対照: contrast: We compared and contrasted three products.