いくつ
Japanese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- 幾つ: how many
- いくつ欲しいのか。
- Ikutsu hoshii no ka.
- How many do you want?
- いくつ欲しいのか。
- 幾つ: how old (used with small children)
- おいくつですか。
- O-ikutsu desu ka.
- How old are you?
- おいくつですか。
Usage notes edit
This term is often spelled in hiragana.
When asking for age of a child, the honorific prefix お (o) is used.
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- いくら (ikura)
References edit
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō