JapanLingo

計算けいさん

keisan

calculation

N3

How to remember this word

Tie 計算 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “calculation” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.

Example sentences

Example 1

ryokou no hiyou o keisan shimashita.

I calculated the cost of the trip.

Example 2

keisan ga awanai node, mou ichido kakunin shite mimasu.

The numbers do not add up, so I will check once more.