ごぶ
Meanings
Adverb
Noun
1. half; 50%
Our chance of winning is fifty percent.
Noun
2. 5 parts; 5%
His batting average is .350.
3. equality; equal footing; tie; (even) match
It's wrong in the first place to think you can always fight on equal terms.
Pitch accent
ご
ぶ
Composed of
five; 5
one-tenth; one percent (one-tenth of a wari); one-quarter of a ryō (obsolete unit of currency); thickness; advantageous circumstances; one-tenth of a monme of silver
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
as likely as not; fifty-fifty; even match; tie
tread on a worm and it will turn; even a tiny bug will defend itself; even the weakest and smallest beings have their own wills, so do not make light of them
Examples (8 in total)
The situation is even.
Our chance of winning is fifty percent.
The train leaves in 5 minutes.
My watch gains five minutes a day.
His batting average is .350.
Give me five minutes to finish the last adjustments.
It's wrong in the first place to think you can always fight on equal terms.
If our track records are even, I'll win because I make the better impression.