Word Meaning 五つ

いつつ itsutsu

五つ is read as いつつ (itsutsu) and means eight o'clock (old time system).

Meaning

English

  1. eight o'clock (old time system)
  2. five
  3. five years of age

Reading

Kana

いつつ

Romaji

itsutsu

Writing Variants

  • 5つ いつつ itsutsu
  • 伍つ いつつ itsutsu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 5 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 3966 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

five

五十

ごじゅう

fifty

五日

いつか

5th day of the month

五月

ごがつ

May

五月雨

さみだれ

early-summer rain

五分

ごぶ

5 parts

五十音

ごじゅうおん

the Japanese syllabary

五色

ごしょく

five colors (usu. red, blue, yellow, white and black)

五重

ごじゅう

five-storied

五感

ごかん

the five senses

五体

ごたい

the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)

五輪

ごりん

Olympic rings

Example Sentences

8

りんごをいつつかった。

I bought five apples.

This box contains five apples.

A child of just five was hit by a bicycle.

By the age of 25, she had lived in five different countries.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.

A young boy, who couldn't have been more than five years old, asked Tom how to get to the post office.

The prefectural housing here is a five-story building with five staircases, designed to accommodate 10 families per staircase for 50 families in total.

Momoko counted the marbles: "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten" and then went silent. When her mother continued with "eleven, twelve, thirteen," she happily picked up with "fourteen, fifteen, sixteen."