さんぶんいち
Meanings
Expression
Noun
1. one third; a third part
Kanji used
part
Top 32900
Composed of
three; 3
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
Examples (6 in total)
One third of the earth's surface is desert.
I've just finished one third of my assignment.
One third of the friends I grew up with are dead.
Only one third of the members turned up at the meeting.
Almost one-third of all office workers wear glasses.
One-third of the six members were women.