二つ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
二
ふた Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
2つ

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ふたつ [fùtátsúꜜ] (Odaka – [3])[1][2][3]
(Tokyo) ふたつ [fùtátsú] (Heiban – [0])[2]
IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝta̠t͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

二(ふた)つ • (futatsu)

two things [small or without a counter category]

Usage notes

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

Related terms

二人(ふたり) (futari): "two people"

See also

一つ
三つ
Category:Japanese counters

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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