Illustration: At a low table in a Japanese living room, a child arranges exactly five mandarins into pairs. Two mandarins sit together on one small saucer and another two on a second saucer. The fifth remains alone between them, with an empty matching saucer waiting nearby.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

奇き数すう

kisuu

odd number

Example sentences

１、３、５は奇数きすうである。
One, three, and five are odd numbers.
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奇数きすうと偶数ぐうすうは交互こうごに現あらわれる。
Odd numbers alternate with even ones.
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偶数掛ぐうすうかける奇数きすうは偶数ぐうすう、奇数掛きすうかける奇数きすうは奇数きすう。
Even times odd is even, odd times odd is odd.
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Kanji in 奇数

奇strange; strangenessOnキKunくしき・あやしい・くし
数number; strengthOnスウ・ス・サクKunかず・かぞえる・しばしば

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