十五(じゅうご)

十五(じゅうご) is the number fifteen.

Forms

十(じゅう) (10) + 五(ご) (5) = 十五(じゅうご) (15)

Counters

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

Cultural note

• 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)の名月(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) (19, also read じゅうく)