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九つ • (kokonotsu)
- nine things [small or without a counter category]
九つ (kokonotsu) is used when the items counted have no specific counter category. See Wikipedia's "Japanese counter word" entry for details.
| Japanese counter/suffix: つ (tsu)
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| Kanji
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Kana
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Romaji
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| 1
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一つ
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ひとつ
|
hitotsu
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| 2
|
二つ
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ふたつ
|
futatsu
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| 3
|
三つ
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みっつ、みつ
|
mittsu, mitsu
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| 4
|
四つ
|
よっつ、よつ
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yottsu, yotsu
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| 5
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五つ
|
いつつ
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itsutsu
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| 6
|
六つ
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むっつ、むつ
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muttsu, mutsu
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| 7
|
七つ
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ななつ
|
nanatsu
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| 8
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八つ
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やっつ、やつ
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yattsu, yatsu
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| 9
|
九つ
|
ここのつ
|
kokonotsu
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| ?
|
幾つ
|
いくつ
|
ikutsu
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