クォーター

noun

quarter

General term for one-fourth of something, used in contexts like time, sports, and measurements.

• 試し合あいは第だい1クォーターで大おおきくリードした。

  The team took a big lead in the first quarter of the game.

• このレシピでは牛ぎゅう乳にゅうを1クォーター使つかいます。

  This recipe uses a quarter of milk.

noun

person with one non-Japanese grandparent

Used to describe someone who has one grandparent of non-Japanese ancestry. Often contrasted with ハーフ (person with one non-Japanese parent).

See also: ハーフ

• 彼かの女じょはクォーターで、祖そ母ぼがアメリカ人じんです。

  She is a quarter, with an American grandmother.

• クォーターの子こ供どもは、見みた目めが日本にほん人じんとあまり変かわらないことも多おおい。

  Quarter children often don't look very different from Japanese people.