じゅう
Meanings
Numeric
1. ten; 10
拾 is used in legal documents
Archaic
Noun
2. book containing a collection of poems
Pitch accent
じゅ
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Used in vocabulary (92 in total)
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
forty; 40
Examples (22 in total)
The committee is comprised of ten members.
She has ten children.
I have ten children.
I lived abroad for ten years.
Tom has a bald spot.
Here are about ten boys.
He continued his research for a further ten years.
This elevator is capable of carrying ten persons.
She has remained in her present position for ten years.
I owe ten dollars to her.
We have ten cattle.
I spent ten dollars on books.
Mother boiled ten eggs.
The old television set went for 10 dollars.
I am paid 10 dollars an hour.
Today, I bought ten books in all.
She took a ten-day trip to Europe with her friends.
If there was no air, man could not live for even ten minutes.
We have another ten miles to walk before sunset.
Lake Towada is famous for its beauty.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
Zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.