WORD DETAIL
百点
ひゃくてん
Examples
Included kanji
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
百点(ひゃくてん) can mean a literal score of one hundred or a figurative standard of perfection.百点を取るis an attained score;百点ではないis an evaluation. - Basic usage: One student literally receives one hundred points, while another result is described as less than perfect despite satisfaction with the process.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Numerical score and standard of perfection
- The first example is numerical; the second uses the perfect-score scale evaluatively. Its negation should not be narrowed to a bare arithmetic claim about any score below one hundred.

