(じゅうご)

じゅうご
number
fifteen
1. fifteen
The number fifteen. Formed by combining (じゅう) (ten) and () (five).
Please wait fifteen minutes.
Today is the fifteenth.
十五夜(じゅうごや)(つき)()ました
I saw the full moon on the fifteenth night.
Traditional moon-viewing
There are fifteen students in the class.
She is fifteen years old and a first-year high school student.

十五(じゅうご) is the number fifteen.

FORMATION:
(じゅう) (10) + () (5) = 十五(じゅうご) (15)

COUNTERS:

  • 十五(じゅうご)(ふん): 15 minutes
  • 十五(じゅうご)(にん): 15 people
  • 十五(じゅうご)(にち): the 15th (of the month)
  • 十五(じゅうご)(さい): 15 years old

CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE:

  • 十五夜(じゅうごや): the night of the full moon, especially the harvest moon in mid-autumn (中秋(ちゅうしゅう)名月(めいげつ))
  • Traditional moon-viewing (月見(つきみ)) with rice dumplings (月見(つきみ)団子(だんご))
  • 七五三(しちごさん): festival for children aged 3, 5, and 7

NUMBER PATTERN:

  • 十一(じゅういち) (11), 十二(じゅうに) (12)... 十九(じゅうきゅう/じゅうく) (19)