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９つ

popularJLPT N5numericnounnoun (generic)

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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

Other forms:

九つ
９つ

Reading

  • ９(ここの)つ()
    こ こ の つ
    kokonotsu

Meaning

        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

        JapaneseUse
        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.
        人本枚冊匹歳個回ヶ所つ
        1ひとりいっぽんいちまい いっさついっぴきいっさいいっこいっかいいっかしょひとつ
        2ふたりにほん にまい にさつ にひき にさい にこ にかい にかしょ ふたつ
        3さんにん さんぼんさんまい さんさつ さんびきさんさい さんこ さんかい さんかしょ みっつ
        4よにんよんほん よんまい よんさつ よんひき よんさい よんこ よんかい よんかしょ よっつ
        5ごにん ごほん ごまい ごさつ ごひき ごさい ごこ ごかい ごかしょ いつつ
        6ろくにん ろっぽんろくまい ろくさつ ろっぴきろくさい ろっころっかいろっかしょむっつ
        7しちにんななほん ななまい ななさつ ななひき ななさい ななこ ななかい ななかしょ ななつ
        8はちにん はちほん はちまい はっさつはっぴきはっさいはっこはちかい はっかしょやっつ
        9きゅうにん きゅうほん きゅうまい きゅうさつ きゅうひき きゅうさい きゅうこ きゅうかい きゅうかしょ ここのつ
        10じゅうにん じゅっぽんじゅうまい じゅっさつじゅっぴきじゅっさいじゅっこじゅっかいじゅっかしょとお

        View Wikipedia: Japanese counter word for a comprehensive list of Japanese counters.

        1. See also: JapanDict: Numbers ↩

        2. 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. ↩

        Category: List of wordsTags:GrammarNumbers
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        Extended information

        • JMDict ID: 1243600
        • JMdictDB entry
        • Short URL: https://jpdct.com/EvnQ
        • 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: 21

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