How to use 確率 (かくりつ)

Meaning of 確率

The Japanese verb "確率" (かくりつ, kakuritsu) can have various meanings depending on the context in which it is used. Here's a list of its primary meanings along with examples:

  1. Probability: Refers to the extent to which an event is likely to occur, measured by the ratio of the favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible.
    • Example: このサイコロを振ったとき、6が出る確率は1/6です。
    • Translation: The probability of rolling a 6 with this die is 1/6.
  2. Likelihood: Often used in everyday language to discuss the chance or odds of something happening, not strictly in a mathematical sense.
    • Example: 明日雨が降る確率は高いです。
    • Translation: There is a high likelihood of rain tomorrow.

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Dialogue

傷の男とはもう一度 対峙しなきゃならねえ な
We'll have to face Scar again.

（アルフォンス） 真相を確かめるの？
(Alphonse) To find out the truth?

それもあるけどもう１つ
That's one reason, but there's another.

人造人間をおびき出す
To lure out the Homunculi.

（アルフォンス）えっ
(Alphonse) Huh?

（エドワード） 奴らはオレに死なれちゃ 困るんだ
(Edward) They can't afford to have me die.

だからオレが傷の男に襲われて 危機に陥っ たら
So if I'm attacked by Scar and become in danger,

👉👉（アルフォンス）出てくる… 確率は低いと 思うけど
(Alphonse) They'll come out... although the chances are low.

何もやらないよりマシだ
It's better than doing nothing.

けど ボクらこの前傷の男には 一瞬でやら れたんだよ
But, we were taken down by Scar in an instant last time.

Dialogue

（傷の男の兄） 私の研究書だ これしか 持ち出せなかった
(Scar's Brother) It's my research notes. This is all I could grab.

持って逃げてくれ
Take it and run.

ちょっと待て
Wait a second.

（傷の男の兄） 私にもしものことがあっ たら せっかくの研究がパーになる
(Scar's Brother) If something happens to me, all my research will go to waste.

自分で持って逃げればいいだろう
Why don't you take it and run yourself?

お前は厳しい修行を積んだ 立派な武僧だ
You've undergone tough training; you're a fine martial monk.

👉👉私よりお前のほうが 生き残る確率が高い
You have a higher chance of surviving than I do.

見ろ 足の震えが止まらない
Look, my legs won't stop shaking.

情けない兄だ
What a pitiful older brother.

（傷の男）兄者
(Scar) Brother.