四(よ)つ子(ご)

よつご
noun
quadruplets
1. quadruplets
Four children born together from a single pregnancy. From 四(よ)つ (four) plus 子(こ) (child), which voices to ご.
四(よ)つ子(ご)が生(う)まれた。
Quadruplets were born.
あの家(いえ)は四(よ)つ子(ご)を育(そだ)てている。
That family is raising quadruplets.
四(よ)つ子(ご)を見分(みわ)けるのはとても難(むずか)しい。
It's very hard to tell the quadruplets apart.

四(よ)つ (four) plus 子(こ) (child); こ voices to ご in the compound.

RELATED WORDS:

  • 双子(ふたご): twins
  • 三(みつ)つ子(ご): triplets
  • 五(いつ)つ子(ご): quintuplets

NOTE:
These multiple-birth words use the native counting series (双子(ふたご), 三(みつ)つ子(ご), 四(よ)つ子(ご), 五(いつ)つ子(ご)), not the Sino-Japanese numbers.

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