How to say "rate" in Japanese
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- 率りつnoun, noun (suffix)The word for statistical rates and ratios — percentages, growth, success and the like. It normally appears as the second element of compound words rather than standing alone.
- 割りわりnoun, noun (suffix)A unit for proportions counted in tenths — 7割 means 70 percent. Used in figures for shares and discounts, but not a general-purpose word for rate.
- 割合わりあいnounThe general-purpose word for proportion, ratio or percentage — how much of a whole something makes up. Use it when you say a rate is high, low or rising.
- nounThe loanword for rates quoted as figures: exchange rates above all, also a player's rating in games and competitions. Not the word for proportions in general.
- 料りょうnoun (suffix), nounThe 'rate' here is a price charged: it occurs in compound words for fees and charges, as with room rates or call charges, never as an independent word.
Use 割合 for proportions and percentages in general, 率 in statistical compound words, 割 for proportions counted in tenths, 「レート」 for quoted rates like exchange rates, and 料 in compounds for fees charged.
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