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十九日

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
じゅう
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
にち
Grade: 1
goon

Etymology

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Sino-Japanese word, from (ten) +‎ (nine) +‎ (day).

The sense of “idiot” is said to stem from the similarity of this sequence of characters to バカ (baka, idiot) when written in cursive hand.

Noun

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(じゅう)()(にち) (jūkunichi

  1. nineteen days
  2. nineteenth day of the month
  3. (archaic or obsolete, Edo period slang) idiot

See also

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Japanese number-counter combinations for
1(st) 2(nd) 3(rd) 4(th) 5(th) 6(th) 7(th) 8(th) 9(th) 10(th)
How many? (いち)(にち) (ichinichi) (ふつ)() (futsuka) (みっ)() (mikka) (よっ)() (yokka) (いつ)() (itsuka) (むい)() (muika) (なの)() (nanoka)
(なぬ)() (nanuka)
(よう)() (yōka) (ここの)() (kokonoka) (とお)() (tōka)
What day? 一日(ついたち) (tsuitachi)
(いっ)() (ippi)
11(th) 12(th) 13(th) 14(th) 15(th) 16(th) 17(th) 18(th) 19(th) 20(th)
(じゅう)(いち)(にち) (jūichinichi) (じゅう)()(にち) (jūninichi) (じゅう)(さん)(にち) (jūsannichi) (じゅう)(よっ)() (jūyokka) (じゅう)()(にち) (jūgonichi) (じゅう)(ろく)(にち) (jūrokunichi) (じゅう)(しち)(にち) (jūshichinichi) (じゅう)(はち)(にち) (jūhachinichi) (じゅう)()(にち) (jūkunichi) 二十(はつ)() (hatsuka)
24(th) 27(th) 29(th) 30(th) 40(th) 50(th) 100(th) 1,000(th) 10,000(th) ?
()(じゅう)(よっ)() (nijūyokka) ()(じゅう)(しち)(にち) (nijūshichinichi) ()(じゅう)()(にち) (nijūkunichi) (さん)(じゅう)(にち) (sanjūnichi)
()()() (misoka)
()(じゅう)(にち) (shijūnichi)
()()() (yosoka)
()(じゅう)(にち) (gojūnichi)
五十()() (ika)
(ひゃく)(にち) (hyakunichi)
(もも)() (momoka)
(せん)(にち) (sennichi) (いち)(まん)(にち) (ichimannichi) (なん)(にち) (nannichi)