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割り勘 (わりかん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

割わり勘かん

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Common word›JLPTN3›Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

splitting the bill; going Dutch

abbreviation

Common abbreviation of 割り前勘定. Used when each person pays their own share, especially in dining or group activities.

See also: 割り前勘定

今日きょうの飲のみ会かいは割わり勘かん

に

しよう

。

Let's split the bill for today's drinking party.

友とも達だちとランチを割わり勘かんで払はらった。

I split the lunch cost with my friend.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉と割わり勘かんにするto split the bill with someone
今日きょうは友とも達だちと割わり勘かんにした。
Today we split the bill with friends.
割わり勘かんで〈動どう詞し〉to do something (pay, go, etc.) by splitting the cost
みんなで割わり勘かんで飲のみに行いった。
We all went out drinking and split the bill.

Kanji

割proportion, comparatively, divide
勘intuition, perception, check

Related words

割わり前まえ勘かん定じょう
割り前勘定 is the full, formal expression that 割り勘 is abbreviated from, and is rarely used in everyday speech.
折せっ半ぱん
割り勘 is a casual term used mainly for splitting a restaurant bill among a group, while 折半 is more formal and can apply to any cost or amount split exactly in half.

Opposites

おごるN1
おごる means one person treats and pays for everyone, the opposite of 割り勘 where each person pays their own share.

Don't confuse with

割わり引びきN3
割引 means a price discount, while 割り勘 means splitting a bill among several people; they share the kanji 割 but refer to different things.

Word family

割わり勘かん勝がち
person who eats the most in a dutch treat meal; winner of a split bill
割わり勘かん負まけ
person who eats the least in a dutch treat meal; loser of a split bill

Built from

割わる+勘かん

Written forms

割わり勘かんUsage67%
Standard kanji spelling; abbreviation of 割り前勘定.
ワリカンUsage27%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling, often used in casual or informal contexts.
割わり勘かんUsage6%
Less common variant without the okurigana り.

Etymology

Abbreviation of 割り前勘定 (わりまえかんじょう), literally 'divided share accounting'.