Japanese Meaning of ゼロ (zero) | JLPT N5

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Japanese Vocabulary: ゼロ (zero)

Meaning: zero” is written as “ゼロ” (or “ぜろ” in hiragana). 

It has the same meaning as the English word “zero” and refers to the numeric value of 0.

Examples

  1. 残高はゼロだ。 I have zero remaining balance.  
  2. 今日の交通事故はゼロです。 There were no traffic accidents today.  
  3. コストを入れると差し引きゼロだ When the costs are included, the balance is zero.  
  4. ゼロカロリーの食べ物を食べている。 I’m eating foods with zero calories.  
  5. 私は、日本語の勉強をゼロから始めました。 I started to study Japanese from zero.  
  6. ゼロに1ずつ足したり1ずつ引いたりしてできる数を整数という Whole numbers added to or taken away from zero one by one are called integers.

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