十じゅう
Meanings
Numeric
1. ten; 10
拾 is used in legal documents
There are ten people, but I don't want to fight any of them.
Noun
2. ten years of age
when read as "とお"
My son is only ten.
Kanji used
ten
Pitch accent
じゅ
う
Top 1900
Used in vocabulary (112 in total)
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
fifteen; 15
twelve; 12; queen
ten years; decade
dozens; scores of; decades
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
ten-odd; a dozen or so
thirteen; 13; king
seventeen; 17
seventeen; 17
eleven; 11; jack
fourteen; 14
ten o'clock
cross; cross shape; sign of the cross
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
100,000; hundred thousand
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
ten times; tenfold
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
perfection; thoroughness; consummation
15th day of the month; 15 days
14th day of the month; 14 days
11th day of the month; 11 days
19th day of the month; 19 days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton
ten epithets (of Buddha)
180 degrees; complete (about-face; in policy, opinion, etc.); radical (change); hundred-and-eighty degree (turn)
from A to Z; in every particular; all without exception; in everything; through and through; (lit.) from one to ten
the twelve divine generals (of Bhaisajyaguru)
1,000,000,000; billion
second highest division; wrestlers of the second highest division
several men, several minds; everyone has his own (ideas, tastes, interests, etc.); different strokes for different folks
night of the full moon; the night of the 15th day of the 8th lunar month
ten rulers of the afterlife (who judge the dead and determine their placement in their next life)
average (ability, looks, etc.); ordinary; normal; run-of-the-mill
cross-shaped; cruciform
ten-night memorial service (6th to 15th days of the 10th month in the lunar calendar)
eleven-faced Avalokiteshvara; eleven-faced Kannon
fire shovel; fire pan
12th anniversary of one's death
16th anniversary of one's death
average (ability, looks, etc.); ordinary; normal; run-of-the-mill
reeded-edge 10 yen coin (minted 1951-1958)
cross in a circle
the strength of ten
the ten good acts; the emperor
decennial; recurring every ten years
soba made with only buckwheat flour
spot baldness; (lit.) 10-yen (coin) baldness
second highest division
the ten great disciples (of Buddha)
the ten abominations (the ten most grievous offenses under traditional Chinese law); the ten evil deeds
first system to rank officials into 12 levels (603 CE)
ousting of vice-minister Ōkuma Shigenobu and his supporters from the Meiji government (1881)
Sixteen Kingdoms (collection of sovereign states in and around China; 304-439 CE); Sixteen Kingdoms period
January; (lit.) 13th month
ten grave prohibitions (killing, stealing, lying, etc.); ten major precepts
Ten Bulls (ten stages of the herding of an ox, used as an analogy for training the mind on the path to enlightenment)
Ten Wings (set of commentaries to I Ching traditionally ascribed to Confucius)
decennial; recurring every ten years
duodecimal system; base twelve system
spot baldness; (lit.) 10-yen (coin) baldness
decennial; recurring every ten years
soba made with only buckwheat flour
dasabhumi (forty-first to fiftieth stages in the development of a bodhisattva)
spot baldness; (lit.) 10-yen (coin) baldness
Ekadasamukha (eleven-faced Avalokitesvara)
ten thusnesses (in Tendai)
10 of batons (in mekuri karuta)
from A to Z; in every particular; all without exception; in everything; through and through; (lit.) from one to ten
decennial; recurring every ten years
decennial; recurring every ten years
twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activities
100,000; hundred thousand
eleven-faced Avalokiteshvara; eleven-faced Kannon
reeded-edge 10 yen coin (minted 1951-1958)
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
decennial; recurring every ten years
soba made with only buckwheat flour
soba made with only buckwheat flour
outstanding reading ability; (lit.) one glance, ten lines
Christmas blues; holiday stress (during December)
seventeen main pavilions of the imperial palace
the Double Tenth; October 10th Chinese national holiday
rufous hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx hyperythrus); northern hawk-cuckoo
chameleon plant (Houttuynia cordata)
Examples (57 in total)
My son is only ten.
It's a ten-hour round trip, you know?
My daughter turns ten this year.