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Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
八つ or 八つ • (yatsu or yattsu)
- eight things
Usage notes
八つ (yattsu) is used when the items counted have no specific counter category. See Wikipedia's "Japanese counter word" entry for details.
See also
Japanese counter/suffix: つ ( tsu) |
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| 1 | 一つ | ひとつ | hitotsu |
| 2 | 二つ | ふたつ | futatsu |
| 3 | 三つ | みっつ、みつ | mittsu, mitsu |
| 4 | 四つ | よっつ、よつ | yottsu, yotsu |
| 5 | 五つ | いつつ | itsutsu |
| 6 | 六つ | むっつ、むつ | muttsu, mutsu |
| 7 | 七つ | ななつ | nanatsu |
| 8 | 八つ | やっつ、やつ | yattsu, yatsu |
| 9 | 九つ | ここのつ | kokonotsu |
| ? | 幾つ | いくつ | ikutsu |
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