彼(かの)女(じょ) kanojoは wa妹(いもうと) imoutoに()劣(おと)ら()ず() niotorazu美(うつく)し()い() utsukushii。 She is no less beautiful than her younger sister. Literal She [topic-は] younger-sister [to-に] not-inferior beautiful. 妹に劣らず美しい — 劣らず (おとらず, 'not inferior to') uses the classical negative ~ず. The expression means 'at least as beautiful as' — not less than her sister. A literary construction. familyappearancecomparison and contrastclassical ~ず (negative)
彼(かの)女(じょ) kanojoは wa妹(いもうと) imoutoに()劣(おと)ら()ず() niotorazu美(うつく)し()い() utsukushii。 She is no less beautiful than her younger sister. Literal She [topic-は] younger-sister [to-に] not-inferior beautiful. 妹に劣らず美しい — 劣らず (おとらず, 'not inferior to') uses the classical negative ~ず. The expression means 'at least as beautiful as' — not less than her sister. A literary construction. familyappearancecomparison and contrastclassical ~ず (negative)