Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
みっ
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
3つ

Alternative forms edit

  • () (mitsu)

Pronunciation edit

Accent [0] is adverbal.[1][2]

Noun edit

(みっ) (mittsu

  1. three things [small or without a counter category]
Usage notes edit

(みっ) (mittsu) is used when the items counted have no specific counter category. See Wikipedia's "Japanese counter word" entry for details.

See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
3つ

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

() (mitsu

  1. Alternative form of 三つ (mittsu)

References edit

  1. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN