三つ（みっつ）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 3)
Meaning: three (things)
Example sentences
- みかんを三つ買った。 — I bought three mandarin oranges.
- いい案を三つ考えた。 — I came up with three good ideas.
Idioms & proverbs containing “三つ”
- 六十の三つ子 (ろくじゅうのみつご) — an old man is twice a child
- 三つ子の魂百まで (みつごのたましいひゃくまで) — a leopard cannot change its spots; the child is father to the man; the soul of a child of three (is the same) at 100
- 草木も眠る丑三つ時 (くさきもねむるうしみつどき) — dead of night (when even the trees and plants sleep)
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See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “三つ” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)