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3つ (mittsu)
A1 number 数字
🇬🇧 English: three
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🇯🇵 Japanese
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3つ (mittsu)

Definition

🇬🇧 English

The number 3. It comes after two and before four.

Grammar Notes

🇬🇧 English

The 'th' sound in 'three' is the voiceless dental fricative /θ/ — place your tongue between your teeth and blow. This sound is common in English but rare in many other languages. Practice: think, thank, thirty, three.

Cultural Notes

🇬🇧 English

The number three appears frequently in English culture and stories: three wishes, three little pigs, three blind mice, Goldilocks and the three bears. 'Third time lucky' means that after two failures, the third attempt will succeed.

例文

彼はゴルフボールを3つ持っています。(Kare wa gorufu bōru o mittsu motte imasu.)

"彼はゴルフボールを3つ持っています。(Kare wa gorufu bōru o mittsu motte imasu.)"

🇬🇧 "He is holding three golf balls."

魚を3匹釣りました。(Sakana o sanbiki tsurimashita.)

"魚を3匹釣りました。(Sakana o sanbiki tsurimashita.)"

🇬🇧 "I caught three fish."

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