Illustration: In a Japanese family kitchen, exactly fifteen triangular rice balls sit on a large serving board in three rows of five. Each rice ball has its own clear space and remains entirely visible. Two siblings stand behind the completed batch with empty hands, proudly awaiting inspection.

JLPT N5numeralLevel estimated by Bebop

十じゅう五ご

juugo

fifteen

Example sentences

  1. ええっと、15人にんでした。

    Let me see. There were fifteen people.

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  2. １５分ふんおきのバスがあります。

    There is a bus every fifteen minutes.

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  3. 15分ふんも遅おくれてきたのよ。

    She arrived fifteen minutes late.

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Kanji in 十五

  • 十tenOnジュウ・ジッ・ジュッKunとお・と・そ
  • 五fiveOnゴKunいつ・いつつ

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