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    3. 珠算

    珠算

    珠しゅ算ざん

    calculation on an abacus

    KMT9News #30+1Ref L2NounEducationKanji Vocab24 strokes

    玉算

    しゅざんたまざん

    Noun

    1.
    calculation on an abacus

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    私わたしは子こ供どもの頃ころ、珠しゅ算ざんを習ならっていた。

    When I was a child, I was learning abacus calculation.

    KMT7EducationDaily Life
    珠しゅ算ざんは暗あん算ざん能のう力りょくを高たかめるのに役やく立だつ。

    Abacus calculation is useful for improving mental arithmetic ability.

    KMT9EducationScience & Math
    多おおくの小しょう学がっ校こうで、算さん数すうの授じゅ業ぎょうに珠しゅ算ざんが取とり入いれられている。

    Abacus calculation is incorporated into math classes in many elementary schools.

    KMT9Education
    珠しゅ算ざんは日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな計けい算さん方ほう法ほうの一ひとつとして、今いまも受うけ継つがれている。

    Abacus calculation is still passed down as one of Japan's traditional calculation methods.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsEducation
    現げん代だいでは電でん卓たくが普ふ及きゅうしているが、珠しゅ算ざんの教きょう育いく的てき価か値ちは依 然 として高たかい。

    Although calculators are widespread today, the educational value of abacus calculation remains high.

    KMT10EducationTechnology

    Kanji that make up this word

    珠
    たま…(5)
    pearl・gem・jewel
    算
    そろ…(1)
    calculate・divining・number・abacus・probability
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