シハンキ
Meanings
Noun
1. quarter (of a year)
Pitch accent
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Composed of
four
half-term; half-time; half period
Composed of
quarter; a fourth; square (piece of) cloth
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
last quarter (of the year)
quarterly earnings
Examples (5 in total)
The retail sector had a rough quarter.
Corporate earnings in the first quarter improved sharply.
I have to submit sales projections twice a quarter.
A quarterly growth of 1.2% means an annual growth rate of 4.8%.
The company's fourth quarter results sharply improved from the preceding quarter.