ten

2 strokesFrequency 8JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ジュウジッジュッ

Kun

とお

Nanori

そうとう

Memory

Memory Mnemonics

Keywords

ten10needle

Mnemonic Stories

Rotate this character 45° and you get an X - just like the Roman numeral X for ten!

A cross made of two needles crossing. Rotate it 45° and it becomes X, the Roman numeral for ten.

Dictionary

Common Words

十分充分ゅうぶんFreq #416
1

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

enough; sufficient; plenty; adequate; satisfactory

Examples
私はこの本を買うのに十分なお金を持っている。
I have enough money to buy this book.
2

Adverb (fukushi)

sufficiently; fully; thoroughly; well; perfectly

Examples
「もっと召し上がりますか」「いいえ、じゅうぶんいただきました」
"Would you like any more?" "No, I've had enough."
3

十分 only; Common noun; Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb

division into ten

10一〇ゅう (十/10) ()Freq #1549
1

Numeric; 拾 is used in legal documents

ten; 10

Examples
その会は時に終わった。
The party ended at ten o'clock.
2

とお only; Common noun

ten years of age

3

什 only; Archaic; Common noun

book containing a collection of poems

20歳20才二十歳二十廿たちにじゅっさい (20歳/20才/二十歳)にじっさい (20歳/20才/二十歳)NounFreq #1744
1

20 years old

Examples
彼女は二十歳だと言ったが、それは嘘だった。
She said she was twenty years old, which was not true.
2

二十/廿 only; Archaic

twenty

30三十三〇んじゅう参拾Freq #1850
1

Numeric

thirty; 30

Examples
この教室には三十人の学生しか入れない。
This classroom can accommodate only thirty students.
2

30 only; Colloquial; Numeric; As 30時, 30:00, etc.

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何十んじゅうNounFreq #2917
1

(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)

Examples
彼は何十冊も英語の本を持っている。
He has dozens of English books.
50五十五〇ゅうFreq #3309
1

Numeric

fifty; 50

40四十四〇四拾んじゅうゅうFreq #3510
1

Numeric

forty; 40

Examples
アインシュタインが死んでからほぼ四十年になる。
Einstein has been dead for nearly forty years.
十五15一五ゅうごFreq #3642
1

Numeric

fifteen; 15

Examples
11時15分前を少し過ぎています。
It is a little after a quarter to eleven.
十年ゅうねんNounFreq #3764
1

ten years; decade

Examples
私の叔父はパリに十年住んでいる。
My uncle has lived in Paris for ten years.
数十すうじゅうNoun~の Adj.Freq #3926
1

dozens; scores of; decades

Examples
その恐ろしい事故で数十人が負傷した。
Dozens of people were injured in the terrible accident.

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