三つ
Japanese
editEtymology 1
edit| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 三 |
| みっ Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
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| 3つ |
Shift from previous 三つ (mitsu).
Alternative forms
edit- 三つ (mitsu)
Pronunciation
edit- (Tokyo) みっつ [mìttsúꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1][2]
- (Tokyo) みっつ [mìttsú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [mʲit̚t͡sɨ]
Accent [0] is adverbial.[1][2]
Noun
edit- three things [small or without a counter category]
Usage notes
edit三つ (mittsu) is used when the items counted have no specific counter category. See Wikipedia's "Japanese counter word" entry for details.
See also
editEtymology 2
edit| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 三 |
| み Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi |
| Alternative spelling |
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| 3つ |
From Old Japanese. By surface analysis, 三 (mi, “three”) + つ (tsu, generic counter word).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- Alternative form of 三つ (mittsu)
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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