Lingaku粒【つぶ】
Frequency rank: 4,900. – 4,904.
- grain; bead; droponly applies to つぶ, つび and つぼ
- counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
counter
Forms
- 粒【つぶ】【りゅう】【つび】【つぼ】Frequency rank: 4,900. – 4,904.
- つぶFrequency rank: 25,395. – 25,546.
- りゅうFrequency rank: 27,801. – 27,994.
- つび
- つぼFrequency rank: 49,017. – 50,149.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- grain; bead; drop
- counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
This meaning refers to small, round objects often used in a physical sense, such as seeds, beads or drops of liquid. It can describe items that are individual and often small in size.
There are grains of rice in the bowl.
This meaning serves as a counter or measure for small, round items, such as when counting how many beads or pills are in a package.
Generated collocations (experimental)
つぶ粒をかぞえる数えるto count grainsつぶ粒がおちる落ちるa grain dropsつぶ粒がおおきい大きいthe grains are largeつぶ粒をまくto sow seedsつぶ粒のかたち形shape of a grainつぶ粒のかず数number of grainsちいさな小さなつぶ粒small beadにじいろ虹色のつぶ粒rainbow-colored beadsつぶ粒のおおき大きさsize of the grainつぶつぶ粒々のしょっかん食感grainy textureつぶ粒をつくる作るto form beadsつぶつぶ粒粒のすうぷスープsoup with small beads (e.g. tapioca or similar)
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
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