割合(わりあい)

わりあい
noun, adverb
ratio, relatively
1. ratio, percentage, proportion
The relationship between two quantities expressed as a number.
成功(せいこう)の割合(わりあい)は高(たか)い。
The success rate is high.
男女(だんじょ)の割合(わりあい)は半々(はんはん)です。
The ratio of men to women is fifty-fifty.
合格者(ごうかくしゃ)の割合(わりあい)は年々(ねんねん)減(へ)っている。
The percentage of successful applicants is decreasing year by year.
2. relatively, comparatively
To a moderate degree; somewhat.
今日(きょう)は割合(わりあい)暖(あたた)かい。
It's relatively warm today.
Adverbial use
この問題(もんだい)は割合(わりあい)簡単(かんたん)だった。
This problem was relatively easy.
Adverbial use
心配(しんぱい)していたが、試験(しけん)は割合(わりあい)うまくいった。
I was worried, but the exam went relatively well.
Adverbial use

割合(わりあい) has two distinct uses — as a noun meaning "ratio/proportion" and as an adverb meaning "relatively."

NOUN (ratio):

  • 〜の割合(わりあい): ratio/proportion of ~
  • 割合(わりあい)が高(たか)い/低(ひく)い: ratio is high/low
  • 男女(だんじょ)の割合(わりあい): male-to-female ratio

ADVERB (relatively):

  • 割合(わりあい) + adjective: relatively ~
  • 割合(わりあい)簡単(かんたん)だ: it's relatively easy
  • Casual variant: わりと (割(わ)りと)

RELATED WORDS:

  • 比率(ひりつ): ratio (more formal/mathematical)
  • 割(わ)り: rate, proportion (e.g., 三割(さんわり) = 30%)
  • 率(りつ): rate (suffix, e.g., 成功率(せいこうりつ))

Related Words

Synonym: 比率(ひりつ) (ratio (formal/mathematical))
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Added 2026.1.9 21:21 · Revised 2026.4.5 15:38
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