複数

See also: 复数 and 複數

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JapaneseEdit

Kanji in this term
複	数
ふく Grade: 5	すう Grade: 2
on'yomi

NounEdit

複数 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 複數, hiragana ふくすう, rōmaji fukusū)

1. multipleness, manyness

   複 (ふく)数 (すう)の言 (げん)語 (ご)

   fukusū no gengo

   multiple languages

2. (grammar) the plural number

AntonymsEdit

• 単数 (たんすう) (tansū, “singular number”)

Derived termsEdit

• 複数形 (ふくすうけい) (fukusūkei, “plural form”)

See alsoEdit

• 単複 (たんぷく) (tanpuku)

ReferencesEdit

• 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, ISBN 4469021067