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七つ

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
なな
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
7つ

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(なな) (nanatsu

  1. seven things [small or without a counter category]
    (なな)美徳(びとく)nanatsu no bitokuseven virtues
    (なな)大罪(だいざい)nanatsu no daizaiseven deadly sins
    (なな)小人(こびと)nanatsu no kobitothe Seven Dwarfs

Usage notes

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(なな) (nanatsu) is used when the items counted have no specific counter category. See Wikipedia's "Japanese counter word" entry for details.

See also

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Japanese number-counter combinations for (tsu)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 How many?
(ひと) (hitotsu) (ふた) (futatsu) (みっ) (mittsu)
() (mitsu)
(よっ) (yottsu)
() (yotsu)
(いつ) (itsutsu) (むっ) (muttsu)
() (mutsu)
(なな) (nanatsu) (やっ) (yattsu)
() (yatsu)
(ここの) (kokonotsu) (いく) (ikutsu)

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN