五つ

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [ìtsúꜜtsù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [it͡sɨt͡sɨ]

Noun

(いつ) • (itsutsu

  1. five things

Usage notes

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