Illustration: At a family kitchen table, a child sets down a tray holding exactly three round steamed buns. The buns sit well apart, with no other food on the tray or table. Each has a slightly different handmade pleat, making them easy to count individually.

JLPT N5numeralLevel estimated by Bebop

三みっつ

mittsu

three

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

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは答こたえを三みっつ間違まちがえた。

    He gave three wrong answers.

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  2. 荷物にもつは３つあります。

    I have three pieces of baggage.

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  3. これを三みっつください。

    I’d like three of these.

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Kanji in 三

  • 三threeOnサン・ゾウKunみ・みつ・みっつ

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