Japanese Conversation · Level 38
90 words
Japanese word
十五
Pronunciation
Romajijūgo
Meaning
- numberfifteen
Example
私は十五歳です。watashi wa jū go sai de su
I am fifteen years old.
More examples
駅まで十五分かかります。eki ma de jū go fun ka ka ri ma su
It takes fifteen minutes to get to the station.
Core concept
Marks the point reached by adding five to ten, and it commonly identifies a person's age in the middle of the teenage years.
Common phrases
十五歳jū go sai
fifteen years old
十五分jū go fun
fifteen minutes
十五人jū go nin
fifteen people
Definition in Japanese
十に五を加えた数。jū ni go o kuwa e ta kazu
Word origin
十五 (jūgo, "fifteen") combines 十 (jū, "ten") and 五 (go, "five") in the Sino-Japanese number system.
Usage tips
- In everyday English, fifteen belongs to the teen numbers and is used for ages, quantities, and the time 15:00 in a 24-hour clock.