百 分 率(ひゃくぶんりつ)

ひゃくぶんりつ

noun

percentage; percent

formalscience

1. percentage; percent

A rate or proportion expressed as a fraction of 100. The formal mathematical term for percentage.

百分率(ひゃくぶんりつ)で表(あらわ)す。

To express as a percentage.

合格率(ごうかくりつ)を百分率(ひゃくぶんりつ)に換算(かんさん)する。

To convert the pass rate into a percentage.

小学校(しょうがっこう)の算数(さんすう)で百分率(ひゃくぶんりつ)の計算(けいさん)を習(なら)う。

You learn percentage calculations in elementary school math.

アンケートの結果(けっか)を百分率(ひゃくぶんりつ)のグラフにまとめた。

I summarized the survey results in a percentage graph.

Literally "hundred-part rate" — the formal Japanese term for percentage. While パーセント (percent) is the everyday word used in conversation and media, 百分率(ひゃくぶんりつ) is the term taught in mathematics education and used in formal or technical writing.

Common collocations

百分率(ひゃくぶんりつ)で表(あらわ)す: to express as a percentage
百分率(ひゃくぶんりつ)に換算(かんさん)する: to convert to a percentage
百分率(ひゃくぶんりつ)の計算(けいさん): percentage calculation
百分率(ひゃくぶんりつ)の問題(もんだい): percentage problems (in math)

Similar words

パーセント: percent — the everyday loanword, far more common in daily use
割合(わりあい): ratio, proportion — a broader term for any ratio
比率(ひりつ): ratio, rate — used in comparisons between quantities
歩合(ぶあい): percentage, commission — used in business contexts like sales commission

Forms

百(ひゃく) (hundred) + 分(ぶん) (part) + 率(りつ) (rate).

Related Words

Compare: パーセント (percent)

Compare: 割合(わりあい) (ratio, proportion)

Compare: 比率(ひりつ) (ratio, rate)

Compare: 歩合(ぶあい) (percentage, commission)

Related: 分数(ぶんすう) (fraction (mathematics))

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Added 2026.4.19 18:23 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02

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