Word Meaning 十五

とご togo

十五 is read as とご (togo) and means black-market loan charging 50% interest every ten days.

Meaning

English

black-market loan charging 50% interest every ten days

Reading

Kana

とご

Romaji

togo

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 6 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 95461 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

二十五

にじゅうご

1am

十五年戦争

じゅうごねんせんそう

Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945)

十五夜

じゅうごや

night of the full moon

五十

ごじゅう

fifty

五十日

いか

fiftieth day after the birth of a child

五十日

ごとおび

days of the month ending in 5 or 0 (when payments are often due)

五十音

ごじゅうおん

the Japanese syllabary

五十三次

ごじゅうさんつぎ

fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)

五十日の祝

いかのいわい

celebration held 50 days after the birth of a child

二十五史

にじゅうごし

Twenty-Five Histories

五十年祭

ごじゅうねんさい

jubilee

五十瀬

いせ

many torrents

Example Sentences

二時十五分前です。

It's quarter to two.

五の五倍は二十五。

Five times five is twenty-five.

私は十五分待った。

I waited for fifteen minutes.

人の噂も七十五日。

A wonder lasts but nine days.

今日は、十五夜です。

Today is the night of the full moon.

四十五十は鼻たれ小僧。

A 40- or 50-year-old is a snot-nosed brat.

十五歳の時に彼は家出した。

When he was 15, he ran away from home.

彼女は三十五歳の女盛りだ。

She is 35 years old and in the prime of life.

この絵画は十五世紀のものだ。

This drawing dates back to the fifteenth century.

二十五ページの地図を見なさい。

Look at the map on page 25.

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