〜にしては

How to form it

• Put にしては after a noun, or after a plain verb: 初心者(しょしんしゃ)にしては (for a beginner), 初(はじ)めて作(つく)ったにしては (for a first attempt).
• X names a standard, such as a role or a season, and the rest of the sentence says it does not match.

Examples

Notes

• Unlike わりに, it does not normally follow an adjective: 高(たか)いわりに is fine, but 高(たか)いにしては is not.

Common mistakes

• Confusing it with 〜にしても (even if).

Similar meaning

• 〜わりにconsidering

  "Considering"; also works after adjectives.

Same form, different meaning

• 〜にしてもeven if

  にしても: "even if", "even granting".