割り勘

わりかん

Also written ワリカン

Meanings

1. Noun splitting the bill (usu. evenly); splitting the check
2. paying one's own expenses; going Dutch

Kanji

• 割 divide. Read as わり.
• 勘 intuition. Read as カン.

Example sentences

• 割り勘で行こうよ。
  Let's split it.
• 私達のどちらも相手を映画に連れて行くだけの余裕がなかったので、割り勘にした。
  Since neither one of us could afford to take the other to the movies, we went Dutch.
• 今日は割り勘にしよう。
  Let's go Dutch today.
• 食事代を割り勘にした。
  We shared the cost of the meal.
• 支払いは割り勘にしよう。
  Let's split the bill.

Words containing 割り勘

• 割り勘勝ち (わりかんがち) "winner" of a meal paid for by splitting the bill (i.e. the person who ate the most)
• 割り勘負け (わりかんまけ) "loser" of a meal paid by splitting the bill (i.e. the person who ate the least)

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