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How to say 'Dozens' in Japanese | 何十

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The Japanese word for Dozens is 'Nanjuu', written as 何十 in Japanese.'Dozens' in hiragana is なんじゅう.

    word

    何十

    Meaning

    Dozens

    Reading

    なんじゅう

    nanjuu

    Kanji

    何What 十Ten

    Explanation

    The Japanese noun '何十 (なんじゅう)' means 'dozens'. It is used to indicate an unspecified number of items, typically in the range of tens. This word is often used when the exact number is not important or when the speaker wants to emphasize that there are many items. For example: There are dozens of books「何十冊もの本がある」(なんじゅうさつものほんがある). Dozens of people attended the event「何十人もの人がイベントに参加した」(なんじゅうにんものひとがイベントにさんかした). Note that '何十' is often followed by a counter (e.g., 冊 for books, 人 for people) to specify what is being counted.

    Part Of Speech

    noun

    Kanji JLPT

    N5

    Kanji Grade

    2

    Frequency

    5912

    Composition

    kanji

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 何十

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    何

    Meaning

    What

  • kanji

    十

    Meaning

    Ten

Words Related to 何十 Through the Kanji 何

These 27 Words contain the Kanji 何 as well.

  • word

    何

    Meaning

    What

  • word

    何時

    Meaning

    When

  • word

    何処

    Meaning

    Where

  • word

    何の

    Meaning

    Which

  • word

    何故

    Meaning

    Why

  • word

    何れ

    Meaning

    Which, Eventually

  • word

    何方

    Meaning

    Where, Which

  • word

    何か

    Meaning

    Something

  • word

    何度

    Meaning

    How many times, What degree

  • word

    如何に

    Meaning

    How

  • word

    如何

    Meaning

    What, How

  • word

    如何なる

    Meaning

    Any

  • word

    何事

    Meaning

    Matter, Incident

  • word

    何しろ

    Meaning

    Anyway

  • word

    何とか

    Meaning

    Somehow

  • word

    何より

    Meaning

    Best

  • word

    何と

    Meaning

    What, How

  • word

    何となく

    Meaning

    Somehow

  • word

    何だか

    Meaning

    Somehow

  • word

    何で

    Meaning

    Why

  • word

    何て

    Meaning

    How

  • word

    何千

    Meaning

    Thousands

  • word

    何百

    Meaning

    Hundreds

  • word

    何者

    Meaning

    What, Who

  • word

    何時頃

    Meaning

    When

  • word

    何物

    Meaning

    Something

  • word

    何遍

    Meaning

    Times, How many times

Words Related to 何十 Through the Kanji 十

These 18 Words contain the Kanji 十 as well.

  • word

    十

    Meaning

    Ten

  • word

    十日

    Meaning

    Ten days, Tenth

  • word

    二十日

    Meaning

    Twentieth, Twenty days

  • word

    二十

    Meaning

    Twenty

  • word

    三十

    Meaning

    Thirty

  • word

    五十

    Meaning

    Fifty

  • word

    四十

    Meaning

    Forty

  • word

    九十

    Meaning

    Ninety

  • word

    六十

    Meaning

    Sixty

  • word

    八十

    Meaning

    Eighty

  • word

    七十

    Meaning

    Seventy

  • word

    十分

    Meaning

    Enough

  • word

    二十歳

    Meaning

    Twenty years old

  • word

    十字路

    Meaning

    Crossroads

  • word

    五十音

    Meaning

    Alphabet

  • word

    数十

    Meaning

    Dozens

  • word

    十字

    Meaning

    Cross

  • word

    不十分

    Meaning

    Insufficient

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