三つ
みっつ
three (things)
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Examples
机の上に箱が三つあります。
つくえのうえにはこがみっつあります。
There are three boxes on the desk.
三つください。
みっつください。
Three, please.
みかんを三つ食べました。
みかんをみっつたべました。
I ate three mandarins.
Common patterns
- 三つある
- there are three
- 三つください
- three, please
- 三つ買う
- to buy three
Memory tip
みっつ has a small っ; compare みっか (三日, the third day) which also uses み for three.
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