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三さん分ぶんの一いち
Meanings
Expression
Noun
1. one third; a third part
Other spellings
３さん分ぶんの１いち
Kanji used
三three分part一one
Composed of
三さん
three; 3
Numeric
分ぶんの
-th (e.g. one fifth)
Expression
一いち
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; a (single); one (of many); ace; …
Numeric
Examples16
One-third of the six members were women.
The population of Spain is about one-third as large as that of Japan.
About one third of the earth's surface is land.
The circulation of the newspaper is only one-third that of its competitor.
Our city has one third as many people as Tokyo.
If you go by bus, you can get there in about one-third of the time.