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割合
wariai
Description
「割合」は、全体の中でどのくらいの量や数があるかを表す言葉です。
"割合" is a word that expresses how much or how many there are within the whole.
パーセントや分数でよく使われ、話し言葉では「思ったより」という意味でも使います。
It is often used with percentages or fractions, and in spoken language, it can also mean "more than expected."
Meanings
割合wariai
ratio, proportion, percentage
男子の割合が高いクラスです。
It's a class with a high percentage of boys.
割合wariai
comparatively, relatively
この問題は割合かんたんでした。
This problem was quite easy.
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Notes
- Etymology
割 (divide/proportion) + 合 (combine); the reading 割合 stays wariai, not warigou.
- Nuance
as an adverb 割合 means 'more than expected,' similar to 割と or 案外.
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