七つ

Japanese
Kanji in this term
七
なな
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative forms
  • 7つ

Pronunciation

Noun

七つ (hiragana ななつ, rōmaji nanatsu)

  1. seven things [small or without a counter category]
    七 (なな)つの美徳 (びとく) ― nanatsu no bitoku ― seven virtues
    七 (なな)つの大罪 (だいざい) ― nanatsu no daizai ― seven deadly sins
    七 (なな)つの小人 (こびと) ― nanatsu no kobito ― the Seven Dwarfs

Usage notes

七 (なな)つ (nanatsu) is only used when the items counted have no specific counter category. See Wikipedia's "Japanese counter word" entry for details.

See also
  • Category:Japanese counters

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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