九つ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ここの
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
9つ

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) のつ [kòkóꜜnòtsù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ko̞no̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

(ここの) • (kokonotsu

  1. nine things [small or without a counter category]

Usage notes

(ここの) (kokonotsu) 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: (tsu)
NumberKanjiKanaRomaji
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

References

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