How to Say ‘Twenty percent’ in Japanese
二十パーセント
nijutsu paasento
[nee-JOO PAH-sen-toh]
💬 Usage Tip: 二十 is said (nijū), with a long (ū). パーセント (pāsento) also has a stretched first vowel.
Phrase Breakdown
二十
nijutsu
[nee-JOO]
twenty
The number 20, written with the kanji for two and ten. Often used with units such as percent when reading values from a chart.
売上は前年比で二十パーセント増えました。
Sales increased by twenty percent compared to the previous year.
パーセント
paasento
[PAH-sen-toh]
percent
Loanword from English used for percentages.
十パーセント安いです。
It's ten percent cheaper.
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