{"id":3725,"date":"2014-06-09T08:59:18","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T08:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/?p=3725"},"modified":"2018-07-25T15:42:45","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T15:42:45","slug":"counting-basics-in-japanese-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/counting-basics-in-japanese-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Counting Basics in Japanese &#8211; Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The other day, I have introduced &#8220;COUNTER WORDS&#8217; in Japanese. COUNTER WORDS are the attachments to the vocabulary when you count things in Japanese. It changes according to what exactly you are counting.<\/p>\n<p>You can read the first article from <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/counting-basics-in-japanese-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> for your review.<\/p>\n<p>The last article covered the following things for counting.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #555555\">Smaller animals,\u00a0insects, fish, reptiles, amphibians &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><b style=\"color: #555555\">\u201chiki (\u3072\u304d) or piki (\u3074\u304d)\u201d<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>Larger\u00a0animals &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><b>&#8220;tou (\u3068\u3046)&#8221;<\/b><\/li>\n<li><strong>Long, thin objects: rivers, roads, train tracks, ties, pencils, bottles &#8211; &#8220;pon (\u672c\u3001\u307d\u3093) , hon(<strong>\u672c\u3001\u307b\u3093), bon<strong>(<strong>\u672c\u3001\u307c\u3093)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>&#8220;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Number of floors\u00a0&#8211; &#8220;kai (\u968e\u3001\u304b\u3044) &#8220;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let me expand the list a bit more today by introducing you to counting other things in Japanese.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Thin, flat objects: sheets of paper, photographs, plates, articles of clothing \u00a0&#8211; &#8220;mai (\u307e\u3044)&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For example,<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #555555\">1 mai (\u3044\u3061\u307e\u3044), 2 mai (\u306b\u307e\u3044), 3 mai(\u3055\u3093\u307e\u3044), 4 mai(\u3088\u3093\u307e\u3044), 5 mai(\u3054\u307e\u3044), 6 mai(\u308d\u304f\u307e\u3044), 7 mai(\u306a\u306a\u307e\u3044), 8 mai(\u306f\u3061\u307e\u3044), 9 mai(\u304d\u3085\u3046\u307e\u3044), 10 mai(\u3058\u3085\u3046\u307e\u3044)<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #555555\">I have 10 origami&#8217;s here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #555555\">Watashiwa 10 mai no origami o kokoni motteimasu. \u2013 \u79c1\u306f\u3001\uff11\uff10\u679a\u306e\u6298\u308a\u7d19\u3092\u3053\u3053\u306b\u6301\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\uff08\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u3001\uff11\uff10\u307e\u3044\u306e\u304a\u308a\u304c\u307f\u3092\u3000\u3053\u3053\u306b\u3082\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\uff09<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #555555\"><strong>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000\">People &#8211; &#8220;ri\u00a0(\u308a)&#8221;\u3000&#8221;nin(\u306b\u3093)&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For example,<\/p>\n<p>1 ri(\u3072\u3068\u308a), 2 ri (\u3075\u305f\u308a), 3 nin(\u3055\u3093\u306b\u3093), 4 nin(\u3088\u306b\u3093), 5 nin(\u3054\u306b\u3093), 6 nin(\u308d\u304f\u306b\u3093), 7 nin(\u306a\u306a\u306b\u3093), 8 nin(\u306f\u3061\u306b\u3093), 9 nin(\u304d\u3085\u3046\u306b\u3093), 10 nin(\u3058\u3085\u3046\u306b\u3093)<\/p>\n<p>There are 10 people lined up before me.<\/p>\n<p>Watashi\u00a0no mae ni 10 nin narande imasu.\u2013 \u79c1\u306e\u524d\u306b\uff11\uff10\u4eba\u4e26\u3093\u3067\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\uff08\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306e\u307e\u3048\u306b\uff11\uff10\u306b\u3093\u3000\u306a\u3089\u3093\u3067\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\uff09<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><b>Books &#8211; &#8220;satsu(\u3055\u3064)&#8221;\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>For example,<\/p>\n<p>1 satsu(\u3044\u3063\u3055\u3064), 2 satsu (\u306b\u3055\u3064), 3 statsu(\u3055\u3093\u3055\u3064), 4 satsu(\u3088\u3093\u3055\u3064), 5 satsu(\u3054\u3055\u3064), 6 satsu(\u308d\u304f\u3055\u3064), 7 satsu(\u306a\u306a\u3055\u3064), 8 satsu(\u306f\u3063\u3055\u3064), 9 satsu(\u304d\u3085\u3046\u3055\u3064), 10 satsu(\u3058\u3085\u3063\u3055\u3064)<\/p>\n<p>I read 8 books this week.<\/p>\n<p>Watashi wa konshu 8 satsu no hon o yomimashita.\u2013 \u79c1\u306f\u4eca\u9031\u3001\uff18\u518a\u306e\u672c\u3092\u8aad\u307f\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\uff08\u308f\u305f\u3057\u306f\u3001\u3053\u3093\u3057\u3085\u3046\uff18\u3055\u3064\u306e\u307b\u3093\u3092\u3088\u307f\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\uff09<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Cars, bicycles, machines, mechanical devices &#8211; &#8220;dai(\u53f0\u3001\u3060\u3044)&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For example,<\/p>\n<p>1 dai\u3044\u3061\u3060\u3044), 2 dai\u00a0(\u306b\u3060\u3044), 3 dai(\u3055\u3093\u3060\u3044), 4 dai(\u3088\u3093\u3060\u3044), 5 dai(\u3054\u3060\u3044), 6 dai(\u308d\u304f\u3060\u3044), 7 dai(\u306a\u306a\u3060\u3044), 8 dai(\u306f\u3061\u3060\u3044), 9 dai(\u304d\u3085\u3046\u3060\u3044), 10 dai(\u3058\u3085\u3046\u3060\u3044)<\/p>\n<p>10 cars passed by.<\/p>\n<p>10 dai no kuruma ga tootta\u2013 \uff11\uff10\u53f0\u306e\u8eca\u304c\u901a\u3063\u305f\u3002\uff08\uff11\uff10\u3060\u3044\u306e\u304f\u308b\u307e\u304c\u3068\u304a\u3063\u305f\u3002\uff09<\/p>\n<p>As you can tell above, the COUNTER WORDS change based on what you are counting. This concept might be quite confusing at first when you are first learning Japanese. Smaller children often times use these counter words incorrectly, and even for native Japanese speaking children, this takes time. \u00a0So study one counter word at a time and remember to use them correctly. \u00a0Good luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The other day, I have introduced &#8220;COUNTER WORDS&#8217; in Japanese. COUNTER WORDS are the attachments to the vocabulary when you count things in Japanese. It changes according to what exactly you are counting. You can read the first article from here for your review. The last article covered the following things for counting. 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