四捨五入

ししゃごにゅう
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1

A method of rounding numbers: discard fractional parts below a cutoff and round up when equal to or above the cutoff (commonly rounding to a given decimal place).

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小数第2位で四捨五入すると、3.1415は3.14になります。

If you round to the second decimal place, 3.1415 becomes 3.14.

給料計算では端数を四捨五入する会社もある。

Some companies round off fractions when calculating salaries.

エクセルのROUND関数は指定した桁で四捨五入を行う。

Excel's ROUND function performs rounding to the specified digit.

2

Used figuratively to mean rounding off opinions or evaluations — roughly summarizing or converging differing views by ignoring minor differences.

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細かい点は四捨五入して会議の結論を出そう。

Let's round off the minor points and reach a conclusion at the meeting.

データのばらつきは四捨五入して報告書にまとめた。

I rounded off the data variations and summarized them in the report.

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