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Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

Used for expressing ratios, proportions, and rates. Common in everyday conversation, business, and academic contexts.

〈数かず〉パーセント上あがるto rise by X percent
今こん年ねんの売うり上あげは10パーセント上あがった。
Sales rose by 10 percent this year.
〈数かず〉パーセント下さがるto fall by X percent
価か格かくが5パーセント下さがった。
The price dropped by 5 percent.
〈物もの〉の〈数かず〉パーセントを占しめるto make up X percent of something
女じょ性せいが社しゃ員いんの40パーセントを占しめている。
Women make up 40 percent of the employees.
〈数かず〉パーセントオフX percent off (discount)
このセールでは全ぜん品ぴん30パーセントオフです。
Everything is 30 percent off in this sale.

割わりN1
割 is a native Japanese unit meaning 'one-tenth' and is common in spoken, everyday contexts, while パーセント is the loanword used for exact percentages in business, science, and formal statistics.
率りつN2
率 is a more abstract, formal word for 'rate' or 'ratio' often used in compounds (合格率, 失業率), whereas パーセント is the concrete numerical unit attached to a specific figure.
二に割わり
二割 is the native Japanese way to express 20%, commonly used for discounts and ratios, while パーセント is the borrowed word for 'percent' often used in formal or scientific contexts.
１いち割わり
パーセント is the direct loanword equivalent of 'percent', while １割 is the traditional Japanese way of saying 10パーセント, common in discounts and ratios.

Loanword from English 'percent'.