分の

Kana: ぶんの

...ths (fraction marker)

Example sentence

学生の三分の一は外国から来ました。

がくせいのさんぶんのいちはがいこくからきました。

A third of the students came from abroad.

What 分の means

分の (ぶんの) is a Japanese word meaning “...ths (fraction marker)”. It appears in the Level 3 collection, under Numbers & Measure.

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