Mathematical expressions in Japanese high school entrance exams
This page is a mini Japanese-to-English dictionary of the mathematical terms used in Japanese high school entrance exams.
にとうへんさんかくけい | Isosceles triangle |
二等辺三角形 | |
たいかくせん | Diagonal |
対角線 | |
に直線を引き | Draw a line perpendicular to |
さんへいほうのていり | Pythagoras’s theorem |
三平方の定理 | |
ひれいていすう | Constant of proportionality |
比例定数 | |
よしき | This equation; the given equation |
与式 | |
いんすうぶんかい | Factorization |
因数分解 | |
わ | Term “b” in factorization, $ax^2 + bx + c$ |
和 | |
せき | Term “c” in factorization, $ax^2 + bx + c$ |
積 | |
ちゅうてんれんけつていり | Mid-point theorem |
中点連結定理 | |
AB//CD | Line AB is the same length as line CD. |
△ABC ∽ △DEF | Triangle ABC is similar to triangle DEF |
そうじ | Similar, similarity |
相似 | |
いちじほうていしき | Linear equation |
一次方程式 | |
どくりつしょうもんしゅうごうだい | Collection of small unrelated questions (as opposed to a series of related questions, for example a geometrical proof). |
独立小問集合題 | |
点Dを通り辺ABに垂直な直線をひき | Draw a line from D perpendicular to line AB |
だいけい | Trapezium |
台形 | |
$x$軸との交点 | Point of intersection with the $x$ axis |
連立方程式 | Simultaneous linear equations |
変域 | Domain |
倍数 | Multiple |
ざひょう | Coordinate |
座標 | |
$x$ざひょう | $x$ coordinate |
$x$座標 | |
にじほうていしき | Quadratic equation |
二次方程式 | |
げんてん | Origin |
原点 | |
たいちょうかく | Vertical angles |
対頂角 |
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