じゅう
Meanings
Numeric
1. ten; 10
拾 is used in legal documents
There are ten people, but I don't want to fight any of them.
Archaic
Noun
2. book containing a collection of poems
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (102 in total)
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
twelve; 12; queen
forty; 40
eighty; 80
sixteen; 16
eleven; 11; jack
sixty; 60
seventy; 70
fifty; 50
thirty; 30; 6am
forty; 40
eighteen; 18
thirteen; 13; king
fifteen; 15
seventeen; 17
100,000; hundred thousand
ten years; decade
fourteen; 14
nineteen; 19
seventeen; 17
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
ten o'clock
cross; cruciform
ten-odd; a dozen or so
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
1,000,000,000; billion
night of the full moon; the night of the 15th day of the 8th lunar month
ten grave prohibitions (killing, stealing, lying, etc.); ten major precepts
twenty; 20
seventy; 70
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
cross; cross shape; sign of the cross
15th day of the month; 15 days
ten times; tenfold
from A to Z; in every particular; all without exception; in everything; through and through; (lit.) from one to ten
ten-night memorial service (6th to 15th days of the 10th month in the lunar calendar)
fire shovel; fire pan
dozens; scores of; decades
fourteen; 14
ninety; 90
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
eleven o'clock
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
14th day of the month; 14 days
perfection; thoroughness; consummation
11th day of the month; 11 days
19th day of the month; 19 days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton
180 degrees; complete (about-face; in policy, opinion, etc.); radical (change); hundred-and-eighty degree (turn)
ten epithets (of Buddha)
the twelve divine generals (of Bhaisajyaguru)
second highest division; wrestlers of the second highest division
several men, several minds; everyone has his own (ideas, tastes, interests, etc.); different strokes for different folks
ten rulers of the afterlife (who judge the dead and determine their placement in their next life)
average (ability, looks, etc.); ordinary; normal; run-of-the-mill
utensil; appliance; furniture
cross-shaped; cruciform
eleven-faced Avalokiteshvara; eleven-faced Kannon
reeded-edge 10 yen coin (minted 1951-1958)
12th anniversary of one's death
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
16th anniversary of one's death
spot baldness; (lit.) 10-yen (coin) baldness
decennial; recurring every ten years
cross in a circle
the strength of ten
soba made with only buckwheat flour
the ten good acts; the emperor
January; (lit.) 13th month
second highest division
the ten abominations (the ten most grievous offenses under traditional Chinese law); the ten evil deeds
the ten great disciples (of Buddha)
first system to rank officials into 12 levels (603 CE)
ousting of vice-minister Ōkuma Shigenobu and his supporters from the Meiji government (1881)
Sixteen Kingdoms (collection of sovereign states in and around China; 304-439 CE); Sixteen Kingdoms period
Ten Bulls (ten stages of the herding of an ox, used as an analogy for training the mind on the path to enlightenment)
Ten Wings (set of commentaries to I Ching traditionally ascribed to Confucius)
duodecimal system; base twelve system
dasabhumi (forty-first to fiftieth stages in the development of a bodhisattva)
furniture; fixtures
Ekadasamukha (eleven-faced Avalokitesvara)
ten thusnesses (in Tendai)
10 of batons (in mekuri karuta)
twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activities
excellent poem
the Double Tenth; October 10th Chinese national holiday
rare article; rare utensil
outstanding reading ability; (lit.) one glance, ten lines
seventeen main pavilions of the imperial palace
Christmas blues; holiday stress (during December)
chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)
rufous hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx hyperythrus); northern hawk-cuckoo
Examples (57 in total)
My son is only ten.
It's a ten-hour round trip, you know?
My daughter turns ten this year.