Mimi Kara Oboeru N3 Grammar – わりに（は）(warini wa)

Mimi Kara Oboeru N3 Grammar – わりに（は）(warini wa)
Here is Japanese N3 grammar study material taken from the Mimi Kara Oboeru N3 textbook.

104. ～わりに（は）
a. Meaning: ~, and yet… (the result differs from what you would normally expect)

b. Structure: [N/V/A] noun-modifying form + わりに（は）

「山田さんは留学経験がないわりに英語の発音がきれいですね」
`Yamada-san wa ryūgaku keiken ga nai wari ni eigonohatsuon ga kireidesu ne’
Mr Yamada has never studied abroad, but his English is good, is it not.

この仕事は大変なわりに給料が安い。
Kono shigoto wa taihen’na wari ni kyūryō ga yasui.
This work is hard, yet the pay is low.

あのレストランは値段のわりに（＝値段が安いわりに）おいしくて量も多い。
Ano resutoran wa nedan no wari ni (= nedan ga yasui wari ni) oishikute ryō mo ōi.
That restaurant is cheap, yet the food is tasty and plentiful.

彼女はやせているわりには丈夫で力も強い。
Kanojo wa yasete iru wari ni wa jōbude chikara mo tsuyoi.
She is thin but healthy.

＊今度の試験はあまり勉強しなかった。そのわりには成績がまあまあでほっとした。
Kondo no shiken wa amari benkyō shinakatta. Sono warini wa seiseki ga mā mā de hotto shita.
I did not revise much for this exam. Yet the result was quite good, what a relief.