八つ

八つ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
八
や > やっ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
8つ

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やっつ​ [yàttsúꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ja̠t̚t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

八(や)つ or 八(やっ)つ • (yatsu or yattsu) 

1. eight things [small or without a counter category]

Usage notes

八(やっ)つ (yattsu) is used when the items counted have no specific counter category. See Wikipedia's "Japanese counter word" entry for details.

Kanji in this term
八
や Grade: 1
kun’yomi

See also

• Category:Japanese counters

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN