二つ
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 二 |
| ふた Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 2つ 双つ |
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Tokyo) ふたつ [fùtátsúꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1][2][3]
- (Tokyo) ふたつ [fùtátsú] (Heiban – [0])[2]
- IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ta̠t͡sɨ]
- (Tokyo) Note: As a rule, words that are Odaka become flat with の (の-particle deaccenting). However, the word 二つ does not become deaccented and is still pronounced as:
- ふたつの
Noun
[edit]- two things [small or without a counter category]
Usage notes
[edit]二つ (futatsu) is used when the items counted have no specific counter category. See Wikipedia's "Japanese counter word" entry for details.
Related terms
[edit]- 二人 (futari): "two people"
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 |
References
[edit]- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN