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JLPT N3 · Noun

数 (suu)

数 (すう, suu) is a Japanese noun meaning “several; a few”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
すう
Romaji
suu
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. several; a few; a number of · prefix
  2. number; quantity; amount · noun, suffix noun
  3. counting; calculation; figures; numbers · noun
  4. number; numeral; figure · noun
  5. number · noun

Example sentences

あの木の枝に数羽の鳥がとまっている。
Some birds are sitting on the branch of that tree.
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今年は失業者数が記録的になるだろう。
This year unemployment will reach record levels.
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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 数

数
number, strength, fateスウ・ス・かず・かぞ.える · 13 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 数.

数学すうがくmathematics数字すうじnumeral数えるかぞえるto count回数かいすうnumber of times偶数ぐうすうeven number算数さんすうarithmetic小数しょうすうfraction (part of)整数せいすうinteger単数たんすうsingle点数てんすうmarks複数ふくすうplural分数ぶんすうfraction枚数まいすうthe number of flat things無数むすうinnumerable

Source: JMdict entry 1580825 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.