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割合 (わりあい, wariai) Japanese meaning: rate | Kotomora
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The proportion of elderly people in this area is increasing year by year.
Mix water and vinegar in a ratio of 3 to 1.
Usage patterns 〈 数かず 〉 対たい 〈 数かず 〉 の 割わり 合あい で at a ratio of X to Y
Please mix water and oil at a ratio of 1 to 2.
割わり 合あい 〈 形けい 容よう 詞し 〉 comparatively ~ (before an adjective)
This problem is relatively difficult.
割わり 合あい が 高たか い ／ 低ひく い to have a high/low proportion or rate
The proportion of unemployment among young people is high.
割わり 合あい 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 relatively/comparatively (before a verb)
He eats relatively a lot.
〈 事こと 〉 の 割わり 合あい を 占し める to make up a certain proportion of something
Women make up half of the total.
Kanji 割 proportion, comparatively, divide Related words· 12 比率 is a formal, technical term for ratio or proportion often used in statistics or math, while 割合 is the everyday word for the same idea.
比較的 is the plain adverb for 'comparatively', while 割合 (adverbial use) can also carry a nuance of 'more than expected'.
率 is a shorter, more clipped way to say 'rate' and usually appears attached to another word (成功率), whereas 割合 stands alone more naturally.
割合 is the everyday, general word for a ratio or proportion, while 歩合 is a narrower business term for a percentage rate, especially a commission.
Show 8 more 割合 is the standard compound noun for 'proportion' or 'ratio', while 割り is a shorter, more casual word often used as a suffix after numbers.
割合 is a noun meaning 'ratio' or 'proportion' that can also function adverbially with the same meaning as 割合に, while 割合に is the explicitly adverbial form.
割合 is the everyday word for 'rate' or 'proportion', while 比 is more formal and typically appears in mathematical or technical contexts.
Don't confuse with 割合 means 'proportion/rate' while 割引 means 'discount'; they share the kanji 割 but have unrelated meanings.
割合 means a ratio or proportion between things, while 分量 means the actual amount or quantity itself.
Written forms 割わり 合あい Usage 98%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency in news and general use.
わりあい Usage 1%
割わ り 合あ い Usage <1%
irregular okurigana
Irregular okurigana variant; rarely used in modern writing.
Etymology Compound of 割り (wari, 'division, share') + 合い (ai, 'together, mutual'), from the verb 割り合う (wariau, 'to divide among, to share proportionally'). The adverbial sense developed from the idea of 'in proportion' → 'relatively'.
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割合 expresses a general ratio or proportion, whereas 頻度 specifically describes how often something happens over time.
割合 can be used adverbially just like 割に to mean 'relatively', but it also functions as a noun meaning 'ratio' or 'proportion', which 割に does not.
割合 is a noun meaning ratio or proportion, while 分 is used adverbially after a verb or noun to mean 'in proportion to' or 'to the extent that'.
割合 is a casual, everyday word for a percentage or share, while 比例 is the more formal, mathematical term for how two quantities change together.
割合 (used adverbially) is very close in meaning and register to 割と, both meaning 'relatively/fairly'.
