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Counters in Japanese N5

This document provides a comprehensive list of Japanese counters used to count various nouns. It presents 20 different counters - including counters for small objects (こ), people (り/にん), cars (だい), cups (はい/ばい/ぱい), small animals (ひき/びき/ぴき), long thin objects (ほん/ぼん/ぽん), sheets of paper (まい), minutes (ふん/ぶん/ぷん), hours (じ), weeks (しゅう), months (がつ), years (ねん), ages (さい), floors (かい), occurrences (かい/ど), ranks

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Counters in Japanese N5

This document provides a comprehensive list of Japanese counters used to count various nouns. It presents 20 different counters - including counters for small objects (こ), people (り/にん), cars (だい), cups (はい/ばい/ぱい), small animals (ひき/びき/ぴき), long thin objects (ほん/ぼん/ぽん), sheets of paper (まい), minutes (ふん/ぶん/ぷん), hours (じ), weeks (しゅう), months (がつ), years (ねん), ages (さい), floors (かい), occurrences (かい/ど), ranks

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1.

General-purpose counter つ
Counting the number of things or objects generally this counter is used.

 一つ [ひとつ] = One (thing)


 二つ [ふたつ] = Two (things)
 三つ [みっつ] = Three (things)
 四つ [よっつ] = Four (things)
 五つ [いつつ] = Five (things)
 六つ [むっつ] = Six (things)
 七つ [ななつ] = Seven (things)
 八つ [やっつ] = Eight (things)
 九つ [ここのつ] = Nine (things)
 十 [とお] = Ten (things)

2. Counter for small objects or things こ


 一個 [いっこ] = One (thing)
 二個 [にこ] = Two (things)
 三個 [さんこ] = Three (things)
 四個 [よんこ] = Four (things)
 五個 [ごこ] = Five (things)
 六個 [ろっこ] = Six (things)
 七個 [ななこ] = Seven (things)
 八個 [はっこ] = Eight (things)
 九個 [きゅうこ] = Nine (things)
 十個 [じゅっこ] = Ten (things)

3. Counter for person and people り and にん


 一人 [ひとり] = One person
 二人 [ふたり] = Two persons
 三人 [さんにん] = Three persons
 四人 [よにん] = Four persons
 五人 [ごにん] = Five persons
 六人 [ろくにん] = Six persons
 七人 [しちにん] = Seven persons
 八人 [はちにん] = Eight persons
 九人 [きゅうにん] = Nine persons
 十人 [じゅうにん] = Ten persons

4. Counter for cars, bicycles, machines, mechanical


devices, household appliances etc. だい
 一台 [いちだい] = One piece of ~
 二台 [にだい] = Two pieces ~
 三台 [さんだい] = Three pieces of ~

5. Counter for cups and glasses of drink etc.　　　


はい ,　ばい、ぱい
 一杯 [いっぱい] = One cup of ~
 二杯 [にはい] = Two cups of ~
 三杯 [さんばい] = Three cups of ~

6．Counter for small animals, insects, fish, reptiles etc.


ひき、びき、ぴき
 一匹 [いっぴき] = One piece of ~
 二匹 [にひき] = Two pieces of ~
 三匹 [さんびき] = Three pieces of ~

７．Counter for long, thin objects: rivers, roads, train


tracks, ties, pencils, bottles, guitars etc.　　　　　　　
ほん、ぼん、　ぽん
 一本 [いっぽん] = One piece of ~
 二本 [にほん] = Two pieces of ~
 三本 [さんぼん] = Three pieces of ~

８．Counter for thin, flat objects: sheets of paper,


photographs, plates　まい
 一枚 [いちまい] = One sheet of ~
 二枚 [にまい] = Two sheets of ~
 三枚 [さんまい] = Three sheets of ~

９．Counter for minutes　ふん、ぶん、ぷん


 一分 [いっぷん] = 1 minute
 二分 [にふん] = 2 minutes
 三分 [さんぷん] = 3 minutes
１０．Counting hours of the day　じ
 一時 [いちじ] = 1 hour
 二時 [にじ] = 2 hours
 三時 [さんじ] = 3 hours

１１．Counting weeks　しゅう
 一週 [いっしゅう] = One week
 二週 [にしゅう] = Two weeks
 三週 [さんしゅう] = Three weeks

１２．Months of the year. Month-long periods　がつ


 一月 [いちがつ] = One month
 二月 [にがつ] = Two months
 三月 [さんがつ] = Three months

１３．Years, school years (grades);　ねん


 一年 [いちねん] = 1st year
 二年 [にねん] = 2nd year
 三年 [さんねん] = 3rd year

１４．Counting years of age　さい


 一歳 [いっさい] = One year old
 二歳 [にさい] = Two years old
 三歳 [さんさい] = Three years old

１５．Used for counting number of floors, stories etc.


かい
 一階 [いっかい] = 1st floor
 二階[にかい] = 2nd floor
 三階[さんかい] = 3rd floor
１６．Counting occurrences or number of times　かい
 一回 [いっかい] = One time
 二回 [にかい] = Two times
 三回 [さんかい] = Three times

１７．Occurrences, number of times, degrees of


temperature　ど
 一度 [いちど] = One time
 二度 [にど] = Two times
 三度 [さんど] = Three times

１８．Counter of position, turn, ranks　ばん


 一番 [いちばん] = Number one
 二番 [にばん] = Number two
 三番 [さんばん] = Number three

１９．Counter for books　さつ


 一冊 [いっさつ] = One (book)
 二冊 [にさつ] = Two (books)
 三冊 [さんさつ] = Three (books)

２０．Counter for pairs of footwear - shoes, socks etc.


そく
 一足 [いっそく] = One pair of (shoes or socks)
 二足 [にそく] = Two pair of (shoes or socks)
 三足 [さんそく] = Three pair of (shoes or socks)

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