四し捨しゃ五ご入にゅう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

rounding off; rounding half away from zero

The usual rounding rule: discard digits 0-4 and round 5-9 upward. Used as a noun or with する for rounding numbers, amounts, decimal places, scores, etc.

• 小しょう数すう点てん以い下かを四し捨しゃ五ご入にゅうすると、答こたえは12になる。

  If you round off the decimal places, the answer becomes 12.

• 金きん額がくは一いち円えん未み満まんを四し捨しゃ五ご入にゅうしてください。

  Please round the amount to the nearest yen.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

rounding off differences; reaching a common opinion

Figurative and less common than the numeric sense. It describes smoothing over small differences in views or details in order to arrive at an agreed position.

• 委い員いん会かいは各かく案あんの細こまかな違ちがいを四し捨しゃ五ご入にゅうして、妥だ協きょう案あんをまとめた。

  The committee rounded off the small differences among the proposals and put together a compromise plan.