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VocabJLPT N5

ten

NumericNoun

Definitions

1. ten
2. 10
3. ten years of age
4. book containing a collection of poems

This is the number ten in Japanese. It serves as the base of the decimal counting system and is used to form numbers like eleven, twenty, or thirty when combined with other numbers.

Example sentences

Initial · simple i+1

Five and five is ten.

Sentence 1

Ten more minutes — actually, five is fine.

Sentence 2

A: Let's leave ten minutes early. B: Sounds good.

Sentence 3

Just wait — it'll be done in ten minutes.

Sentence 4

My dad said "be home by ten."

Sentence 5

So I left the house before ten.