イコール

イコール · ikooru · JLPT N2 · na-adj

equal

⚖️ イコール is the English word equal, said the Japanese way: i-koo-ru

A loanword from English equal. Japanese has no final L sound, so it becomes ru, and the long ee turns into koo. Math class uses it for the = sign: 1+1 イコール 2.

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