五つ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
五
いつ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
5つ

Pronunciation

Noun

五(いつ)つ • (itsutsu) 

  1. five things

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

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. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō
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