Japanese fractions (~分の~)

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The Japanese fraction pattern X分のY, literally 'Y out of X parts,' meaning Y/X. Numerator and denominator are reversed from English order: 三分の一 ('one-third'), 100分の1 ('one-hundredth'), 2分の1 ('one-half').

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