五分五分 – vocab dash

五ご分ぶ五ご分ぶ

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Meanings

Noun

No-adjective

1. as likely as not; fifty-fifty; even match; tie (Yojijukugo)

Other spellings

５ご分ぶ５ご分ぶ

Kanji used

Pitch accent

ごぶごぶ

Composed of

half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing; tie; (even) match

Noun

half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing; tie; (even) match

Noun

Examples9

鯨くじらが今こん世せい紀きの終おわりに死しに絶たえる可か能のう性せいは五ご分ぶ五ご分ぶである。

As likely as not, whales will be extinct by the end of this century.

彼かれが回かい復ふくする見み込こみは五ご分ぶ五ご分ぶだ。

It's even chances that he will get well.

勝しょう負ぶの見み込こみは五ご分ぶ五ご分ぶ。

The chances are even.

君きみは食たべ物ものを買かったのだから僕ぼくがワインを買かえば五ご分ぶ五ご分ぶになる。

You bought the food, so if I buy the wine that will even things up.

私わたしたちのチームがその試し合あいに勝かてるかどうかは五ご分ぶ五ご分ぶだ。

The odds are even that our team will win the game.

勝かち負まけの確かく率りつは五ご分ぶ五ご分ぶだ。

The chances of victory or defeat are even.