十（じゅう）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: 10 (ten)
Etymology
Loanword from Chinese “shí”.
Example sentences
- 毎晩十時に寝る。 — I go to bed at ten every night.
- かごにりんごが十ある。 — There are ten apples in the basket.
Idioms & proverbs containing “十”
- 鬼も十八 (おにもじゅうはち) — even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth
- 八十の手習い (はちじゅうのてならい) — you're never too old to learn
- 六十の三つ子 (ろくじゅうのみつご) — an old man is twice a child
- 人生僅か五十年 (じんせいわずかごじゅうねん) — life is short; life is just fifty years
- 人の噂も七十五日 (ひとのうわさもしちじゅうごにち) — a wonder lasts but nine days; gossip lasts just 75 days
- 鬼も十八番茶も出花 (おにもじゅうはちばんちゃもでばな) — just as even coarse tea tastes good when fresh, even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth
Related words
See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “十” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)