4つ
Tags
- popular
- Words commonly used in modern Japanese #popular
- JLPT N5
- JLPT N5 words: Basic Level #jlpt5
- numeric
- numeric #num
- noun
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi) #n
- noun (generic)
- All kinds of Japanese nouns #noun
- derogatory
- Words or grammatical forms expressing a low opinion of someone or something. #derog
- abbreviation
- An abbreviation is a shorter way to write a word or phrase. #abbr
- sumo
- Terms used in sumo, a Japanese full-contact sport. #sumo
Reading
Meaning
- vier, vier stuks
- vierde
- {Nara, Heian-gesch.} laatste, vierde kwartier van een uur
- vier jaar
- {premod.gesch.} vierde uur {± tien uur 's ochtends, 's avonds}
- kruising, intersectie
- {sumō-jargon} yotsu-worstelgreep {greep waarbij de worstelaars elkaars heupgordel met hun ene hand in de ondergreep en met hun andere in de bovengreep houden}
- viersprong, {gew.} vierweg, kruispunt
- vierendeling, verdeling in vieren
- vier, vier stuks
- vierde
- {Nara, Heian-gesch.} laatste, vierde kwartier van een uur
- vier jaar
- quatre
- vier, vier
- vierJahre (alt)
- zehn Uhr morgens, zehn Uhr abends (alte Zeitangabe)
- Kreuzgriff
- (diskriminierende Bez. f.)Mitglied der untersten Schicht
- négy
- 1) четыре, 2) четыре года (о возрасте), 3) (см.) よつどき, (см.) よつ
- štiri (predmeti, kosi)
- 4, cuatro, cuatro
- fyra
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. ↩
Collocations and expressions using 4つ
Extended information
- JMDict ID: 1307040
- JMdictDB entry
- Short URL: https://jpdct.com/E_Gg
- 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: 6
Example sentences
- Japanese sentence
- この国は季節が4つあります。Loading...
- Sentence analysis
- Meaning
- This country has four seasons.Dans ce pays il y a quatre saisons.Neste país há quatro estações.En este país hay cuatro estaciones.