Does 「7分の1」 mean 1:7 in this sentence?


Found a sentence,

> 人間の身体能力は吸血鬼の **7分の1** しかありません

Is this how you write ratios in Japanese?




Not exactly (as several have commented). This is how you talk about
_fractions_ in Japanese:

> 7分の1 → 1/7

Literally, you can think about it as 'one part of seven'. It is not a ratio,
i.e. 'one part to seven parts', as that equates to 1/8.

