Meaning

Primary

Division

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Divide and calculate? Why, that's just division!

Reading

わりざん
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is the kun'yomi reading for and the on'yomi for . And the さん reading is rendaku'd into ざん. This is the same for all the math-ish words (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division), so try to remember that, because you'll see it again!

Context

Context Sentences

ママ、割り算のテストで100点取ったよ!

Mom, I got a 100 points on the division test!

なぜか割り算は足し算より得意なんです。

For some reason, I am better at division than addition.

こんな簡単な割り算の問題を間違えちゃったよ。

I got this simple division problem wrong.

Kanji Composition