Illustration: At a low table in a Japanese home, a child works with five rabbit-shaped counters and a wooden tray containing five matching recesses. Three counters remain seated together while the child lifts the other two out in one hand, leaving their recesses exposed.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

引ひき算ざん

hikizan

subtraction

Example sentences

  1. 足たし算ざんは好すきだけど引ひき算ざんは嫌きらいだ。

    I like addition but not subtraction.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 子供達こどもたちは、足たし算ざんと引ひき算ざんを習ならっている。

    The children are learning to add and subtract.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. うちの子こ、引ひき算ざんが苦手にがてなのよ。

    My kid struggles with subtraction.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 引算

  • 引pullOnインKunひく・ひける
  • 算calculate; diviningOnサンKunそろ

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