rate; ratio; percentage; commission; poundage; percentage
half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing
nine parts; ninety percent; mostly; nine percent
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
eight-tenths; ostracism; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4) on which a bean scattering ceremony is held; last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)
disadvantageous; long (odds)
six to four ratio; sixty-forty
sixteenth note; semiquaver
tunnel; (mining) gallery; level; shaft; pit
the wrongdoer never lacks a pretext; even thieves have their reasons; give the devil his due
32nd note; demisemiquaver
64th note; hemidemisemiquaver; semidemisemiquaver
a glib tongue (with fair words); fluent talk designed to deceive; talk something away