Japanese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English percent.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
パーセント • (pāsento)
- percent
- １パーセント
- ichipāsento
- one percent
Usage notes[edit]
- When パーセント is preceded by 十 (jū), it combines with the preceding numeral to form 十パーセント (juppāsento), e.g. ５０パーセント ― goju'pāsento ― fifty percent
Synonyms[edit]
- プロセント (purosento) (archaic)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
