五十
ごじゅう
hepburn gojuu
fifty, 50
Part of speech · numeral
Pattern visualization
五five
Show part origins
十ten
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Examples
- 五十年前の話。Story from 50 years ago.
- 五十歳になった。I turned 50.
Collocations
五十 (gojuu, 50)五十歳五十音 (gojuuon, 50-sound chart)五十年五十嵐 (Igarashi, surname)
Mnemonic
Gojuu (五十) is "fifty." Go plus juu. Notable: gojuuon (五十音 / gojuuon-zu, Japans 50-sound kana chart — orthodox first-step learning) and Igarashi (五十嵐) common surname meaning "fifty storms."
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