Meanings
Numeric
1. one-tenth; one percent (one-tenth of a wari); 3 mm (one-tenth of a sun); 2.4 mm (one-tenth of a mon, a traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); 0.1 degree (one-tenth of a do, used to measure body temperature on any temperature scale)
Noun
2. one-quarter of a ryō (obsolete unit of currency)
3. thickness
4. advantageous circumstances
5. one-tenth of a monme of silver
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (19 in total)
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
rate; ratio; percentage; commission; poundage; percentage
nine parts; nine percent; almost