六（ろく）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 2)
Meaning: 6 (six)
Etymology
Loanword from Chinese “liù”.
Example sentences
- 毎朝六時に起きる。 — I get up at six every morning.
- 六年間日本に住んでいた。 — I lived in Japan for six years.
Idioms & proverbs containing “六”
- 総領の甚六 (そうりょうのじんろく) — first born, least clever
- 六十の三つ子 (ろくじゅうのみつご) — an old man is twice a child
- 三十六計逃げるに如かず (さんじゅうろっけいにげるにしかず) — the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat
- 一六勝負 (いちろくしょうぶ) — gambling on whether the throw of a die will produce a "one" or a "six"; gambling with dice
- 五臓六腑 (ごぞうろっぷ) — the five viscera and the six internal organs
- 三十六計 (さんじゅうろっけい) — the 36 (ancient Chinese military) strategies (of which the last resort was said to be beating a retreat)
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