八つ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
八
や > やっ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
8つ

Pronunciation

Noun

八(や)つ or 八(やっ)つ • (yatsu or yattsu) 

  1. eight things

Usage notes

八(やっ)つ (yattsu) is used when the items counted have no specific counter category. See Wikipedia's "Japanese counter word" entry for details.

Kanji in this term
八
や
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

See also

Japanese number-counter combinations for つ (tsu)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 How many?
一(ひと)つ (hitotsu) 二(ふた)つ (futatsu) 三(みっ)つ (mittsu)
三(み)つ (mitsu) 		四(よっ)つ (yottsu)
四(よ)つ (yotsu) 		五(いつ)つ (itsutsu) 六(むっ)つ (muttsu)
六(む)つ (mutsu) 		七(なな)つ (nanatsu) 八(やっ)つ (yattsu)
八(や)つ (yatsu) 		九(ここの)つ (kokonotsu) 幾(いく)つ (ikutsu)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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