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Gobu Gobu (五分五分 – Half and Half)

03/12/2019 Toru 0 Comments 100%, 50%, 99%, even, five, half, half and half, person, priority, probability, thing, unit

Gobu Gobu 五分五分 Yesterday, I introduced you to the four-character idiom ‘kubu kurin‘ (九分九厘), which means that a probability or

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Kubu Kurin (九分九厘 – A Hundred to One)

03/11/2019 Toru 0 Comments 99%, a hundred to one, completeness, nine, possibility, probability, progress, ratio, unit

Kubu Kurin 九分九厘 Yesterday, I introduced you to the four-character idiom ‘jucchū hakku‘ (十中八九), which means that the probability is

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