六むっつ

numeric

six

The native Japanese numeral for six, used for counting general objects, ages, and in the old time system.

• 机つくえの上うえにりんごが六むっつある。

  There are six apples on the desk.

noun

six years old

Used specifically for age, often in the form 六つになる or 六つの時.

• 娘むすめは今年ことしで六むっつになります。

  My daughter will be six years old this year.

noun

six o'clock (old time system)

Refers to the sixth hour in the traditional Japanese temporal system, roughly corresponding to dawn or dusk depending on the season. Now largely historical.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、明あけ六むっつに門もんが開ひらいた。

  In the Edo period, the gates opened at the sixth hour of dawn.