いくつ

Japanese edit

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) いくつ [íꜜkùtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ikɯ̟ᵝt͡sɨᵝ]

Noun edit

いくつ • (ikutsu)

幾つ: how many
いくつ欲(ほ)しいのか。
Ikutsu hoshii no ka.
How many do you want?
幾つ: how old (used with small children)
おいくつですか。
O-ikutsu desu ka.
How old are you?

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

いくつか (ikutsuka): a few
いくつも (ikutsumo): many
いくつでも (ikutsu de mo): any number of

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

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