十六（じゅうろく）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: odaka (tail-high) — high to the end, drops on a following particle (accent on mora 4)
Meaning: sixteen
Example sentences
- 十六歳から自転車で通学した。 — I commuted to school by bicycle from the age of sixteen.
- 十六ページを開いてください。 — Please turn to page sixteen.
Idioms & proverbs containing “十六”
- 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
- 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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