五つ

Japanese
Kanji in this term
五
いつ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative forms
  • 5つ

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) いつ​つ [ìtsúꜜtsù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [it͡sɨᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

五つ (hiragana いつつ, rōmaji 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
  • 五つ子

See also
  • Category:Japanese counters

References
  1. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō
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