計算
けいさん
hepburn keisan
calculation, computation
Part of speech · noun / suru-verb
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Examples
- 買い物の合計を計算しました。I calculated the total of the shopping.
- 計算が間違っていたので、もう一度やり直しました。The calculation was wrong, so I did it over again.
Collocations
計算する計算が合う計算間違い計算機頭の中で計算
Mnemonic
計算 keisan — 計 (to count, to measure) + 算 (to calculate). 計 is 言 (word) with 十 (ten), to reckon; 算 has the bamboo radical 竹 for counting rods — both mean "to count." It is the activity of working with 数 (numbers). 計算機 = a calculator; 計算が合う = the figures add up. Add する for 計算する.
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What does 計算が合う mean?