一つ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一
ひと Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
1つ

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ひとつ [hìtóꜜtsù] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [çito̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

一(ひと)つ • (hitotsu) 

1. one thing

   ブラシを一(ひと)つ買(か)った。

   Burashi o hitotsu katta.

   I bought a brush.

Usage notes

一(ひと)つ (hitotsu) is used when the items counted have no specific counter category. See Wikipedia's "Japanese counter word" entry for details.

See also

Japanese number-counter combinations for つ (tsu)
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	How many?
一(ひと)つ (hitotsu)	二(ふた)つ (futatsu)	三(みっ)つ (mittsu) 三(み)つ (mitsu)	四(よっ)つ (yottsu) 四(よ)つ (yotsu)	五(いつ)つ (itsutsu)	六(むっ)つ (muttsu) 六(む)つ (mutsu)	七(なな)つ (nanatsu)	八(やっ)つ (yattsu) 八(や)つ (yatsu)	九(ここの)つ (kokonotsu)	幾(いく)つ (ikutsu)