Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 の 率りつ が 高たか い ／ 低ひく い the rate of ... is high/low
It's a university with a high acceptance rate.
率りつ を 上あ げる ／ 下さ げる to raise/lower a rate
The company decided to raise the tax rate.
〈 数かず 〉 の 率りつ で at a rate of ...
This lottery has a winning rate of thirty percent.
率りつ で 計けい 算さん する to calculate by rate/percentage
The profit is calculated at a fixed rate.
Related words 割合 is a casual, everyday word for 'proportion,' while 率 is more formal and typically used in statistics or compound terms.
比率 specifically means the ratio between two quantities, while 率 can mean a broader rate or percentage.
率 is a native Japanese suffix meaning 'rate' or 'percentage', used in compounds like 成長率 (growth rate), while レート is a loanword often used for financial or game-related rates.
率 is a shorter, very common suffix/word for a rate (e.g. 成功率 ), whereas 歩合 is used specifically for percentage-based rates in finance or sales.
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.
Don't confuse with 卒 and 率 look similar in kanji shape but 卒 means graduation/soldier while 率 means rate or proportion.
律 (りつ ) means law or regulation, while 率 (りつ ) means rate or ratio; they share the same reading but are written with different kanji and mean unrelated things.
Word family· 216 probability; likelihood; chances
efficiency
ratio; proportion; percentage
magnification; scale factor; amplification · competitiveness ratio; applicant-to-acceptance ratio
winning percentage; win rate
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batting average
efficiency; work efficiency · moment
same rate; same percentage; tied (in ratio)
interest rate
annual rate; annual interest rate; yearly rate
high rate; high percentage
fixed rate; flat rate
maxim; personal standard
birth rate
unemployment rate
diffusion rate; penetration rate; adoption rate
competition rate; success rate; ratio of successful applicants to total applicants
audience rating; viewership rating
rate of advancement to higher education
low rate; low percentage
power factor
yield
power (physics)
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Etymology The kanji 率 originally meant 'to lead' or 'to command', but in modern Japanese it is primarily used in the sense of 'rate' or 'proportion', likely derived from its use in mathematical and statistical contexts.
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