Kanji
勘
N1
11 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1494
intuition, perception, check, compare, sixth sense
On'yomi (音読み)
カン
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
勘定
かんじょう
calculation; computation
勘
かん
perception; intuition
勘案
かんあん
taking into consideration; giving consideration (to)
勘弁
かんべん
pardon; forgiveness
算盤勘定
そろばんかんじょう
counting on the abacus
銭勘定
ぜにかんじょう
counting the revenues and expenditures; counting the gains and losses
百舌勘定
もずかんじょう
splitting the bill so that the others end up paying the whole amount; wheedling the others into paying the whole bill
兵隊勘定
へいたいかんじょう
Dutch treat; going Dutch
損得勘定
そんとくかんじょう
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss
星勘定
ほしかんじょう
counting "stars" to tally the score to date; how well something has gone (e.g. in terms of wins over losses)
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
勘違い
かんちがい
misunderstanding; mistaken idea
割り勘
わりかん
splitting the cost; splitting the bill
オープン勘定
オープンかんじょう
open account
勘定を払う
かんじょうをはらう
to settle one's account; to pay a bill
勘定を済ます
かんじょうをすます
to pay one's bill
目の子勘定
めのこかんじょう
rough estimate; mental arithmetic
支払い勘定
しはらいかんじょう
bill or account payable
勘のいい
かんのいい
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on
割り勘勝ち
わりかんがち
"winner" of a meal paid for by dutch treat (i.e. the person who eats the most)
割り勘負け
わりかんまけ
"loser" of a meal paid for by dutch treat (i.e. the person who eats the least)
Example sentences
彼（かれ）は私（わたし）に食事（しょくじ）の勘定（かんじょう）を払（はら）わせなかった。
He didn't allow me to pay the bill for the dinner.
彼（かれ）はできるだけ早（はや）く勘定（かんじょう）を払（はら）うと約束（やくそく）した。
He engaged to pay the bill as soon as possible.
彼女（かのじょ）が会（あ）いにくるだろうと思（おも）ったのは彼（かれ）の勘違（かんちが）いだった。
He was in error in assuming that she would come to see him.
私（わたし）達（たち）のどちらも相手（あいて）を映画（えいが）に連（つ）れて行（い）くだけの余裕（よゆう）がなかったので、割り勘（わりかん）にした。
Since neither one of us could afford to take the other to the movies, we went Dutch.