ゼロ

ぜろ

number

zero

1. zero

The number zero. This loanword from English is commonly used in casual speech and everyday situations.

ゼロです。

It's zero.

お金(かね)はゼロです。

I have no money.

ゼロから始(はじ)めましょう。

Let's start from zero.

気温(きおん)がゼロ度(ど)以下(いか)になりました。

The temperature dropped below zero degrees.

彼(かれ)は会社(かいしゃ)を辞(や)めて、ゼロから新(あたら)しい事業(じぎょう)を始(はじ)めました。

He quit the company and started a new business from scratch.

ゼロ is from English "zero" and is the most common way to say zero in everyday Japanese.

ALTERNATIVE FORMS:

ゼロ: casual, most common in conversation
零(れい): formal/traditional, used in official contexts
まる: used for "0" digit (phone numbers, room numbers)

COMMON EXPRESSIONS:

ゼロから始(はじ)める: to start from scratch/zero
ゼロに戻(もど)す: to reset to zero
ゼロに近(ちか)い: close to zero
ゼロ以下(いか): below zero

USAGE CONTEXTS:

気温(きおん)がゼロ度(ど): temperature is zero degrees
点数(てんすう)がゼロ: score is zero
残高(ざんだか)がゼロ: balance is zero

IN PHONE/ROOM NUMBERS:

The digit 0 is usually read as まる or ゼロ:

03-0123 = ゼロさん・まるいちにさん or ゼロさん・ゼロいちにさん

RELATED:

マイナス: minus (ゼロ以下(いか) / マイナス5度(ど))
プラス: plus

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