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引ひき算ざん

mathematicsnounnoun (generic)noun or participle taking the aux. verb するtransitive verb

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ひきざん

Meanings

subtraction

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Example sentences

引き算ひきざんは足し算たしざんの逆ぎゃくの計算けいさんです。

Subtraction is the opposite operation of addition.

子供こどもたちは引き算ひきざんをまだ習ならっていない。

The children have not yet learned subtraction.

この問題もんだいは引き算ひきざんして答こたえを求もとめてください。

Please find the answer to this problem by subtracting.

暗算あんざんで引き算ひきざんできるように練習れんしゅうしている。

I am practicing so that I can do subtraction mentally.

小学校しょうがっこうでは、まず足し算たしざんを学まなび、その後ごに引き算ひきざんを学まなぶのが一般的いっぱんてきな順序じゅんじょとされている。

In elementary school, it is generally considered standard to first learn addition and then subtraction.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)