Number - Number

Japanese: 数 - かず

[1] [noun] ① A name indicating the order of things, such as one, two, three, etc. Ordinal numbers. Also, letters expressing numbers. Numerals. ② A name indicating the quantity or amount of things. Things counted one by one. Quantity. Number. ※Man'yoshu (late 8th century) 12.2995 "Until we meet, we weave the tatami mats together, and count them as a dream ." ③ A large number, number, or variety. Many. Many. Often used in the form "kazu no." ※Eika ( c. 1028-92) Tori no Mai "We have now beheld many Buddhas. This is not an obscure moment." ④ Something that is particularly worth counting among many things. The number of things. → Not kazu (number). ※Genji (around 1001-14) Suma "The high-ranking people will not treat me as a number of any kind."⑤ A fixed number. A fixed number. A capacity. Also, people who fall within a certain range. A companion. ※Ochikubo (late 10th century) 4 "There were 30 adults, 4 strawmen, and 4 attendants. It was decided that they would not come down."⑥ (籌) A tool for counting. In a game of points, skewers or branches are thrust into a numbering scale as a sign of victory or defeat. ※Shui (around 1005-07?) Saika 1163 "If moss grows on you, you will pick up more stones, but you will not be able to count them all.〈Author unknown〉"[2] [Prefix] When placed before a noun, it means many, cheap, or crude. "Kazu Ogi", "Kazu Yukitomi", "Kazu Nagabetsu", etc. ※Haiku, Edo Ten Poets (1678) 10 "The little man who gambled on the antlers of the deer (Basho) The number of grasses are wet, the rain flowers on my sleeves (Harusumi)"

Suu [number]

〘noun〙① A name indicating the order or quantity of things. Number. [English-Japanese Dictionary of Mathematical Dictionary (1889)] *Half the Life of a Concubine (1904)〈Fukuda Eiko〉14 "When it comes to occupations suitable for women, the number is extremely small." [Book of Rites - Royal System] ② A word that vaguely expresses several quantities, such as three, four, five, six, etc. A number that can be counted. Also, something of such value that it can be particularly picked up and counted. → The number is known. ③ One of the six arts in China. Mathematics. Arithmetic. [Rodriguez's Great Japanese Grammar (1604-08)] [Book of Zhou - Earth Officials and Grand Priests] ④ In mathematics, in the narrow sense, it refers to natural numbers. It can also refer to integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, etc. ※Mukyuu (1899)〈Kunikida Doppo〉 "To explain the concept of infinity, it is necessary to explain the continuity of numbers (su) ." ⑤ Fate. Heavenly will. Heavenly destiny. ※Old movable type book Mo Shisho (before the 17th century) 7 "The sage combines men and women to reach the limit of the numbers of heaven." ※Seikoku Risshihen (1870-71)〈translated by Nakamura Masanao〉 2 "And yet his fame is very high, and his numbers are very strange." [Book of Documents - Great Yu Mo] ⑥ The course of nature. Principles. Circumstances. ※The Nature of the Merchant (1886)〈Aibaya Koson〉 1 "Victory and defeat are ordinary numbers."

Counting numbers [numbers]

〘 noun 〙 (the noun form of the verb "kazoeru (number)") 1. Among a group of people; among a certain number of people. Number. 2. The act of singing folk songs such as Shirabyoshi and Imayo. Also, the way of singing. ※Izumi Orai (late Heian period) "The proofreading of the imayo song of Yakushi Naruto in front of us is this ancient body." 3. Counting years. Counting years. ※My Asakusa (1976)〈Sawamura Sadako〉The Red Thong "It was when I was fifteen."

kazu・yu【number】

(The word was derived from the verb "kazufu" in the ha-row, and was used from the Muromachi period. In most cases, the final form is "kazuyuru") = to count (number) ※ Gyokujinsho (1563) 2 "How many high and low ranks are there?"

Kazo・Yu [number]

(The word was derived from the verb "kazofu" which is a lower-level verb of the ha-row and was used from the Muromachi period. In most cases, the final form is "kazoyuru") = to count (number) ※The Amakusa Book of the Heike (1592) vol. 1 "Yubi wo wotte cazoyureba (kazoyureba) "

Number

〘noun〙 (the noun form of the verb "kazuu (number)") the act of counting. Also, something that can be counted. Counting. Number of people. Group. ※Utsubo (around 970-999) Rojojo "This number is not included"

Numbers/ Ukazufu [numbers]

(It is said to be a vowel-altering form of "kazofu" or a form inspired by the noun "kazu (number)") = "kazoeru (number)" ※Genji (around 1001-14) Yugao "Nani ga shikuregashi to kazueshi wa"

Family/ family [number]

〘Others are under 2〙 ⇒ Count (number)

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Japanese:

[1] 〘名〙① 一、二、三…など物の順序を示す呼び名。序数。また、数を表わした文字。数字。② 物の数量や分量などを示す呼び名。物を一つ一つ数えたもの。数量。すう。※万葉（８Ｃ後）一二・二九九五「逢ふよしの出で来るまでは畳薦(たたみこも)重(へだ)て編む数夢(いめ)にし見えむ」③ 数量や回数、種類が多いこと。かずかず。たくさん。いろいろ。「かずの」の形で用いられる場合が多い。※栄花（1028‐92頃）鳥の舞「今我等かずの仏を見奉りつ。これおぼろけの縁にあらず」④ 多くの物の中で、特にとりたてて数えあげる価値のあるもの。物のかず。→かず（数）ならず。※源氏（1001‐14頃）須磨「たかき人は、われを何のかずにもおぼさじ」⑤ 定まった数。定数。定員。また、ある範囲にはいる人。仲間。※落窪（１０Ｃ後）四「おとな卅人、わらは四人、下づかへ四人なん、ゐてくだるかずに定めたりける」⑥ (籌) 数とりの道具。点数などを数える勝負事の時、串や枝などを、勝ち負けのしるしとして、数さしに突きさすもの。※拾遺（1005‐07頃か）雑賀・一一六三「苔むさば拾ひもかへむさざれ石の数をみなとるよはひいくよぞ〈よみ人しらず〉」[2] 〘接頭〙名詞の上に付けて、数が多い、安っぽい、粗末な、の意を表わす。「かず扇」「かず雪踏」「かず長櫃」など。※俳諧・江戸十歌仙（1678）一〇「ばくちに成し小男鹿の角〈芭蕉〉数芝ゐぬれてや袖の雨の花〈春澄〉」

すう【数】

〘名〙① 物の順序や数量などを示す呼び名。かず。〔数学ニ用ヰル辞ノ英和対訳字書（1889）〕※妾の半生涯（1904）〈福田英子〉一四「女子に適切なる職業に至りては其数(スウ)極めて少なし」〔礼記‐王制〕② 三、四か、五、六など、いくつかの数量を漠然と表わす語。数えきれるくらいのかず。また、特にとりあげて数えられるほどの価値。→数が知れる。③ 中国における六芸(りくげい)の一つ。数学。算術。〔ロドリゲス日本大文典（1604‐08）〕〔周礼‐地官・大司徒〕④ 数学で、狭義には自然数のこと。また、整数、有理数、実数、複素数などをさすこともある。※無窮（1899）〈国木田独歩〉「無窮無限といふことを説明するには勢ひ数(スウ)の連続を説くを要す」⑤ 運命。天命。天運。※古活字本毛詩抄（１７Ｃ前）七「聖人以男女を合せ、天の数を極てするぞ」※西国立志編（1870‐71）〈中村正直訳〉二「しかも其名甚はだ高く、その数甚だ奇なり」〔書経‐大禹謨〕⑥ 自然のなりゆき。理勢。情勢。※当世商人気質（1886）〈饗庭篁村〉一「勝敗は常の数なり」

かぞえかぞへ【数】

〘名〙 (動詞「かぞえる（数）」の連用形の名詞化)① 仲間のうち、ある範囲の人かずのうち。かず。② 白拍子や今様などの歌謡をうたうこと。また、そのうたい方。※和泉往来（平安末）「向前の薬師鳴戸之今様歌の曲の校(カソヘ)此彼古躰なり」③ かぞえの年。かぞえ年。※私の浅草（1976）〈沢村貞子〉紅い鼻緒「あれは、かぞえ十五のときだった」