Illustration: At a neighborhood soroban class, a child works a wooden Japanese abacus with focused fingers. Its rods and central dividing beam are clearly visible, each rod carrying one bead above the beam and four below. One index finger moves an upper bead while the thumb lifts lower beads toward the beam.

Beyond N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

そろばん

soroban

abacus

Example sentences

  1. 算盤そろばんとは日本にっぽんのアバカスのことだ。

    A "soroban" is a type of Japanese abacus.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. いや算盤そろばんやってるから暗算得意あんざんとくいなのかと思おもって。

    No, I just thought that since you can use an abacus, you might be good at doing calculations in your head.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. そろばんの使つかい方かたって分わかる？

    Do you know how to use an abacus?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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