七なな度たび

noun

seven times; many times

Literal 'seven times', but often used figuratively to mean 'many times' or 'over and over'. The reading ななたび is more common for this sense.

• 彼かれは七なな度たびも同おなじ間ま違ちがいを繰くり返かえした。

  He repeated the same mistake seven times.

• 七なな度たび転ころんでも八はち度ど起おき上あがる。

  Even if you fall seven times, get up eight times.

noun

seventh (interval)

Only with reading しちど

Music term for the interval of a seventh. Only read しちど.

• この和わ音おんには七しち度どの音おとが含ふくまれている。

  This chord contains the seventh note.