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Meaning of 三分の一(さんぶんのいち) in Japanese

Japanese word definition and usage

Reading and JLPT level 三分の一

Kana Reading さんぶんのいち

Romaji sanbunnoichi

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

one third; a third part

Example Sentences

三分の一, さんぶんのいち used in context

末(うら)の娘(じょう)にはいつもリンゴ(りんご)の３分の１(さんぶんのいち)が与えられる。

One-third of an apple is always given to our youngest daughter.
本来(ほんらい)は、貧困(ひんこん)層(そう)の女性(じょせい)や子供(こども)に医療(いりょう)保護(ほご)を提供(ていきょう)するために創設(そうせつ)された(される)制度(せいど)(せいど)である、アメリカ低所得者医療(いりょう)扶助制度(せいど)(せいど)が、今日(きょう)では、その予算(よさん)の約(やく)３分の１(さんぶんのいち)を老人(ろうじん)に費やしている。

Medicaid, a program originally created to provide medical care for poverty-level women and children, today spends almost a third of its budget on elderly people.
地球の(ちきゅう)表面(ひょうめん)の約(やく)三分の一(さんぶんのいち)が陸地(りくち)である。

About one third of the earth's surface is land.
地球の(ちきゅう)表面(ひょうめん)の３分の１(さんぶんのいち)は砂漠(さばく)である。

One-third of the Earth's surface is desert.
全(ぜん)会社員(かいしゃいん)のほとんど３分の１(さんぶんのいち)の人(じん)が、眼鏡をかけている(めがねをかける)。

Almost one-third of all office workers wear spectacles.
私(わたし)はちょうど課題(かだい)の３分の１(さんぶんのいち)を終えた(おえる)ところだ。

I have just finished one third of my assignment.

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分 JLPT 5

part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100

On: ブン, フン, ブ

Kun: わ.ける, わ.け, わ.かれる, わ.かる, わ.かつ

4 strokes

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三 JLPT 5

three

On: サン, ゾウ

Kun: み, み.つ, みっ.つ

3 strokes

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一 JLPT 5

one, one radical (no.1)

On: イチ, イツ

Kun: ひと-, ひと.つ

1 stroke

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