Ten Percent
noun
One division is ten percent. You'll just have to imagine this in terms of tens going by. Must be some old Japanese percentage system that carried over or something. Just remember that one wari is ten percent, two waris are twenty percent, and so on.
The readings are the same as what you learned with the kanji. You know much more than ten percent of this word's reading already.
記事を書く時は、一割ほどできたところでだれかにチェックしてもらいます。
When I write an article, I have someone check it for me when it is about ten percent complete.
日本でのキリスト教信者の数は一割にもおよばない。
The number of Christians in Japan doesn't even reach 10%.
「この河豚、ちょっと高すぎますよ。まけてもらえませんか？」「一割引きにしてあげましょう。」
"This blowfish is a bit too expensive. Could you give me a discount?" "I’ll give you a 10% discount."