► 名詞
数 [(1)かず] meaning: count rank: 1
☆ それは数に入らない ⇨ That won’t go into the count. That doesn’t count
☆ それは数に入れてはいけない ⇨ You can’t include that in the count
数 [(1)かず] meaning: number rank: 1
☆ 参加者の数は百人を超えた ⇨ The number of participants exceeded 100
☆ 席の数には限りがあります ⇨ There are a limited number of seats available
► 接尾辞
数 [(1)すう] meaning: number rank: 1
☆ ウェブサイトの登録者数 ⇨ The number of the registered users of the website
☆ 事故の件数が増えた ⇨ The number of accidents has increased
► 接頭辞
数 [(1)すう] meaning: several rank: 1
☆ あれから数日経った ⇨ Several days have passed since then
☆ ゴルフは数回やった事がある ⇨ I tried golf several times
More examples:
- 彼等は数年を掛けて新技術を開発した ⇨ They spent a couple of years developing the new technology
- 少人数向けの会議室 ⇨ A meeting room suitable for a smaller group
- 目が暗闇に慣れるのに数秒掛かった ⇨ It took some seconds for my eyes to get used to the darkness
- それは小数の人間が言っているだけに過ぎない ⇨ That’s just something a small group of people is claiming
- 工事の完成には未だ数ヶ月かかる ⇨ It still takes several more months for the completion of the construction
- 参議院の定数は248人だ ⇨ The number of the seats for the upper house is 248
- 分数が処理出来る計算機 ⇨ A calculator that can handle fractions
- 数万の群衆が国会議事堂を取り囲んだ ⇨ Tens of thousands of people surrounded the parliament building
- 彼の数学の成績は良だった ⇨ His math grade was “good”, B
- 入場券の購入枚数制限 ⇨ The limit of the number of the tickets you can buy
- 彼は鎌倉時代についての書物を多数著している ⇨ He has authored many books on Kamakura era
- 数学の問題が解けない ⇨ I can’t solve a math question
- ゴルフは数度試したが好きになれなかった ⇨ I tried golf several times but didn’t really enjoy it
- 端数は切り捨てる ⇨ The remainder will be rounded off
- 少数民族を矮小化する政策 ⇨ A policy to belittle ethnic minorities