五つ

Japanese

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

Alternative forms

  • 5つ

Pronunciation

Noun

五つ (hiragana いつつ, rōmaji itsutsu)

  1. five things

Usage notes

五 (いつ)つ (itsutsu) is only 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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