四つ
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term |
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| 四 |
| よっ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
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| 4つ |
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 四 |
| よ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 4つ |
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Tokyo) Note: As a rule, words that are Odaka become flat with の (の-particle deaccenting). However, the word 四つ does not become deaccented and is still pronounced as:
- よっつの
Noun
[edit]- four things [small or without a counter category]
Usage notes
[edit]四つ (yottsu) is used when the items counted have no specific counter category. See Wikipedia's "Japanese counter word" entry for details.
See also
[edit]Japanese counter/suffix: つ (tsu) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Kanji | Kana | Romaji |
| 1 | 一つ | ひとつ | hitotsu |
| 2 | 二つ | ふたつ | futatsu |
| 3 | 三つ | みっつ、みつ | mittsu, mitsu |
| 4 | 四つ | よっつ、よつ | yottsu, yotsu |
| 5 | 五つ | いつつ | itsutsu |
| 6 | 六つ | むっつ、むつ | muttsu, mutsu |
| 7 | 七つ | ななつ | nanatsu |
| 8 | 八つ | やっつ、やつ | yattsu, yatsu |
| 9 | 九つ | ここのつ | kokonotsu |
| ? | 幾つ | いくつ | ikutsu |