七つ
Reading
Meaning
- numericseven
- nounseven years of age
- nounfour o'clock (old time system)
- zeven, zeven stuks
- zeven, zeven jaar
- 4 uur a.m., 4 uur p.m. {één van de zes tijdvakken (de overige zijn yotsu 四つ, itsutsu 五つ, mutsu 六つ, yatsu 八つ en kokonotsu 九つ) waarin elk half etmaal eertijds in Japan verdeeld werd}
- sept
- sieben Stück
- sieben Jahre alt
- hetes
- 1) семь, 2) семь лет (о возрасте), 3) (см.) ななつどき
- sedem {kosov, predmetov}
- 7, siete, siete
- sju
How to write
Japanese counters
Counting in Japanese isn't as straightforward as in English.
In Japanese, to count things, events or actions you need to use special words called counters. The Japanese numerals cannot be used directly with a noun.. 1
There are too many counters and you need to use a different one depending on what you want to count. Using the wrong counter is grammatically incorrect. If you are counting people, you must use the people counter, etc. Sometimes, it is acceptable to use a more generic counter when a less commonly used counter applies. 2
Most common counters
Japanese | Use |
---|---|
人 | To count the number of people |
本 | To count long, cylindrical objects such as bottles or chopsticks |
枚 | To count thin objects such as paper or shirts |
冊 | To count bound objects usually books |
匹 | To count small animals like cats or dogs |
歳 | To count the age of a living creatures such as people |
個 | To count small (often round) objects |
回 | To count number of times |
ヶ所 | To count number of locations |
つ | To count any generic object that has a rare or no counter |
Counting from 1 to 10
- Special readings appear in bold font.
View Wikipedia: Japanese counter word for a comprehensive list of Japanese counters.
See also: JapanDict: Numbers ↩
Information for this article extracted from the great Tae Kim's Guide to Learning Japanese: Numbers and counting under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike License. ↩
Kanji in this word
Collocations and expressions using 七つ
Extended information
- JMDict ID: 1319220
- JMdictDB entry
- Short URL: https://jpdct.com/FCE0
- Appears in the "wordfreq" file compiled by Alexandre Girardi (see wordfreq.README) on the first 12.000 words.
- Appears in the "Ichimango goi bunruishuu", Senmon Kyouiku Publishing, Tokyo, 1998.
- Frequency-of-use ranking in the wordfreq file: 13