割引

• 読み: わりびき
• ローマ字: waribiki
• 漢字の分解: 割 (wari) — to divide, proportion; 引 (biki) — to pull, to reduce
• 発音: /wa.ɾi.bi.ki/

意味

Discount; reduction; rebate. A decrease in the usual price of goods or services.

A noun and suru-verb used for price reductions or discounts. 割引 is extremely common in shopping and consumer contexts. It often appears in compound forms like 二割引 (20% off), 学割 (student discount, short for 学生割引), and 割引券 (discount coupon). The 割 component refers to fractions of ten.

例文

1. このお店では学生は一割引になります。
2. 割引クーポンを使ったら千円安くなった。
3. セール期間中はすべての商品が二割引です。

使い方ガイド

場面: shopping, retail, services

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Composed of 割 (to divide, proportion) and 引 (to pull, to reduce). The combination means to pull back or reduce a price by a certain proportion.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal