Illustration: At a low living-room table, a child has arranged nine small wooden animal figures into three tidy rows of three. Every figure is separate and fully visible, with no additional toys on the tabletop. The child touches the last figure with one fingertip while a parent watches the careful count.

JLPT N5numeralLevel estimated by Bebop

九ここのつ

kokonotsu

nine

Used to count things without a specific counter. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

私わたしたちの学校がっこうにはクラスが９つある。
Our school has nine classes.
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新二しんじは九ここのつのココナッツを食たべました。
Shinji ate nine coconuts.
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一ひとつ、二ふたつ、三みっつ、四よっつ、五いつつ、六むっつ、七ななつ、八やっつ、九ここのつ、十じゅう。
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
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Kanji in 九

九nineOnキュウ・クKunここの・ここのつ

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