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商

しょう

quotient (in division); commerce; trade

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Examples

  1. 12を4で割った商は3です。

    じゅうにをよんでわったしょうはさんです。

    Twelve divided by four gives a quotient of three.

  2. 商と余りを求めなさい。

    しょうとあまりをもとめなさい。

    Find the quotient and the remainder.

  3. 割り算の答えを商と呼び、割り切れずに残った数を余りと呼ぶ。

    わりざんのこたえをしょうとよび、わりきれずにのこったかずをあまりとよぶ。

    The answer to a division is called the quotient, and what is left over is called the remainder.

Common patterns

商を求める
to find the quotient
商と余り
quotient and remainder
商を営む
to carry on a trade

Memory tip

On its own 商 is the arithmetic term 'quotient'. The trade sense lives in compounds — 商業, 商人 (しょうにん), 商売 (しょうばい). Do not confuse the sound with 症 as in 心配症, a completely different word.

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