八つ
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 八 |
| や > やっ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 8つ |
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) Note: Generally, words that are Odaka become flat with の (の-particle deaccenting). However, the word 八つ does not become deaccented with の and is still pronounced as:
- やっつの
- Category:Japanese terms with Odaka pitch accent not deaccented before の (Tōkyō)
Noun
- eight things [small or without a counter category]
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.
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 八 |
| や Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi |
See also
Japanese counter/suffix: つ (tsu) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Kanji | Kana | Romaji |
| 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 |