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| Learning Japanese - Counters |
So you think English is difficult for counting because we have...First, Second, Third...Well your in for a suprise if you are new to learning Japanese. Here are over 500 counters! AHHHHH
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| Learning Japanese -Counters |
a b c d e f g h i j k m n o p r s t u w y z
| # |
character |
romaji |
set |
gloss |
| 1. |
雨 |
ame |
hito |
rain |
| 2. |
アンペア |
anpea |
ichi |
amperes |
| 3. |
場 |
ba |
hito |
sections of a play |
| 4. |
倍 |
bai |
ichi |
multiples, times as much, duplication |
| 5. |
番 |
ban |
ichi |
serial numbers, theatrical performances, Noh, sumo matches, shogi (将棋) |
| 6. |
晩 |
ban |
hito |
nights |
| 7. |
番地 |
banchi |
ichi |
lot, plot numbers (in address) |
| 8. |
番目 |
banme |
ichi |
-ths |
| 9. |
番線 |
bansen |
ichi |
track numbers |
| 10. |
番手 |
bante |
ichi |
yarn count |
| 11. |
バーツ |
bātsu |
ichi |
baht, Thai monetary unit |
| 12. |
弁 |
ben |
ichi |
flower petals |
| 13. |
尾 |
bi |
ichi |
fish |
| 14. |
瓶 |
bin |
hito |
bottles (1.8 l), vases of flowers |
| 15. |
便 |
bin |
ichi |
public transport runs or flights |
| 16. |
木 |
boku |
ichi |
lumber |
| 17. |
ボルト |
boruto |
ichi |
volts |
| 18. |
分 |
bu |
ichi |
tenth part of an equally divided whole; 1/10 of 1%; former unit of length, 3.03mm (3.787mm cloth), 1/10 sun (寸), 0.119 in.; former monetary unit, 1/4 両 (りょう); unit of footwear size, 2.4mm, 1/10 mon (文) |
| 19. |
歩 |
bu |
ichi |
unit of sq. measure, 3.3sq m, 36 sq shaku (尺), 1 tsubo (坪), 10 gō (合), 2 jō (畳) |
| 20. |
部 |
bu |
ichi |
printed materials, copies, newspapers, sets of books; sections of Kanji dictionaries, scriptures |
| 21. |
分 |
bun |
ichi |
fraction, denominators, part |
| 22. |
文 |
bun |
ichi |
sentences, novels, writing |
| 23. |
秒 |
byō |
ichi |
seconds |
| 24. |
着 |
chaku |
ichi |
suits, dresses, trousers; finishing position (race, etc.) |
| 25. |
帙 |
chitsu |
ichi |
Japanese-style books (和書 washo) |
| 26. |
兆 |
chō |
ichi |
trillions |
| 27. |
張 |
chō |
ichi |
bows or stringed instruments; curtains, screens or nets, mosquito nets |
| 28. |
町 |
chō |
ichi |
former unit of length, 60 ken (間), 109.0 m; unit of sq measure, 10 tan (段), 99.17 ares |
| 29. |
挺 |
chō |
ichi |
long objects: guns (銃 jū), oars, guitars, palanquins, candles, items of cutlery, axes (斧 ono) |
| 30. |
提 |
chō |
ichi |
liquor bottles, sake bottles (tokkuri 徳利, chōshi 銚子) |
| 31. |
貼 |
chō |
ichi |
powdered medicine (散剤 sanzai) |
| 32. |
丁 |
chō |
ichi |
handled objects, carpenters' tools, scissors, pistols, saws, baskets, candles, forks; former unit of length, = 119.16 yards, 360 shaku, 109 m, 60 ken; cakes of tofu, servings (cutlets, noodles...), sheets bound Japanese style; town blocks |
| 33. |
丁目 |
chōme |
ichi |
ward, block |
| 34. |
打 |
da |
ichi |
hits (baseball?) |
| 35. |
駄 |
da |
ichi |
horseloads |
| 36. |
朶 |
da |
ichi |
long oblong chest (for clothing): nagamochi (長持); trees |
| 37. |
代 |
dai |
ichi |
generations, descendants, reign periods |
| 38. |
台 |
dai |
ichi |
vehicles; machines or mechanical devices; pair of skis; sliding ponds; 16-page units in printing, galleys |
| 39. |
題 |
dai |
ichi |
questions, problems |
| 40. |
弟 |
dai |
ichi |
children, younger brothers ? |
| 41. |
弾 |
dan |
ichi |
steps, measures, or stages; shots, bullets |
| 42. |
段 |
dan |
ichi |
steps; steps or stages; columns (of print) |
| 43. |
段落 |
danraku |
ichi |
paragraphs |
| 44. |
打, ダース |
dāsu |
ichi |
dozens |
| 45. |
立て |
date |
ichi |
carriage horses or boat oars; films in a multi-feature movie |
| 46. |
瓧, デかグラム |
dekaguramu |
ichi |
decagrams (10 grams) |
| 47. |
籵, デかメートル |
dekamētoru |
ichi |
decameters (10 meters) |
| 48. |
竍, デかリットル |
dekarittoru |
ichi |
decaliters (10 liters) |
| 49. |
瓰, デシグラム |
deshiguramu |
ichi |
decigrams (1/10 gram) |
| 50. |
粉, デシメートル |
deshimētoru |
ichi |
decimeters (1/10 meter) |
| 51. |
竕, デシリットル |
deshirittoru |
ichi |
deciliters (1/10 liter) |
| 52. |
度 |
do |
ichi |
number of times; degrees; parts of musical scale |
| 53. |
堂 |
dō |
ichi |
Buddhist temples |
| 54. |
撮 |
dori |
ichi |
number of shots (pictures) available in a roll of film |
| 55. |
弗, ドル |
doru |
ichi |
dollar, $ |
| 56. |
柄 |
e |
ichi |
halberd, halbert, (なぎなた), kitchen knife, cleaver |
| 57. |
重 |
e |
hito |
fold, ply (of garments, cloth) |
| 58. |
枝 |
eda |
hito |
flowers, branches |
| 59. |
駅 |
eki |
hito 1,2 |
station |
| 60. |
園 |
en |
ichi |
kindergartens |
| 61. |
円 |
en |
ichi |
yen, ¥, 100 sen (銭) |
| 62. |
フィート |
fīto |
ichi |
feet (12 inches) |
| 63. |
封 |
fu |
ichi |
letters (mail) |
| 64. |
筆 |
fude |
hito |
strokes of a brush |
| 65. |
幅 |
fuku |
ichi |
scrolls, paintings in scroll form |
| 66. |
服 |
fuku |
ichi |
doses/packets of medicine; puffs (of smoke), sips (of tea) |
| 67. |
袋 |
fukuro |
hito |
bags, bagfuls, sacks |
| 68. |
分 |
fun |
ichi |
minutes; former unit of weight, 0.375g, 1/10 monme (匁) |
| 69. |
ふね |
fune |
hito |
container of food (as sold in a store) |
| 70. |
フラン |
furan |
ichi |
franc, French monetary unit |
| 71. |
降 |
furi |
hito |
rain |
| 72. |
振 |
furi |
hito |
Japanese swords, halberds (naginata) |
| 73. |
房 |
fusa |
hito |
bunches (grapes, bananas) |
| 74. |
蓋 |
gai |
ichi |
lid-shaped objects such as bamboo hats (kasa 笠) |
| 75. |
学期 |
gakki |
ichi |
terms, semesters |
| 76. |
学年 |
gakunen |
ichi |
school years |
| 77. |
ガロン |
garon |
ichi |
gallons |
| 78. |
月 |
gatsu |
ichi |
month names |
| 79. |
ゲーム |
gēmu |
ichi |
games (bowling) |
| 80. |
弦 |
gen |
ichi |
strings (chords) |
| 81. |
元, ゲン |
gen |
ichi |
gen, Chinese monetary unit |
| 82. |
原子 |
genshi |
ichi |
number of atoms |
| 83. |
語 |
go |
ichi |
words, languages |
| 84. |
号 |
gō |
ichi |
No., number, issue; dress size |
| 85. |
合 |
gō |
ichi |
engagements, esp in fencing matches; lidded utensils or receptacles, incense containers (香合 kōgō; former unit of sq measure, 1/10 tsubo (坪), 10 shaku (勺), 0.330 ㎡; unit of capacity, 1/10 shō (升), 10 shaku (勺), 0.180 l; 1/10 the height of a given mountain |
| 86. |
盒 |
gō |
ichi |
incense containers (香合 kōgō) |
| 87. |
言 |
gon |
ichi |
words or letters |
| 88. |
号車 |
gōsha |
ichi |
train car numbers |
| 89. |
具 |
gu |
ichi |
sets of articles, as suits of armor, prayer beads (数珠 juzu), palanquin (駕籠 kago) |
| 90. |
瓦, グラム |
guramu |
ichi |
grams |
| 91. |
グロス |
gurosu |
ichi |
gross (12 dozen), e.g. penpoints |
| 92. |
行 |
gyō |
ichi |
lines (of print, etc.) |
| 93. |
波 |
ha |
hito |
events occurring in waves |
| 94. |
葉 |
ha |
hito |
leaves (of a tree) |
| 95. |
鉢 |
hachi |
hito |
potted plants, bonsai pots |
| 96. |
敗 |
hai |
ichi |
defeats |
| 97. |
杯 |
hai |
ichi |
glassfuls, cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, containersful, drinks; squid, octopi, cuttlefish; ships |
| 98. |
箱 |
hako |
hito |
boxes, boxfuls |
| 99. |
拍 |
haku |
ichi |
beats, number of syllables in Japanese words |
| 100. |
泊 |
haku |
ichi |
overnight stays |
| 101. |
版 |
han |
ichi |
editions |
| 102. |
犯 |
han |
ichi |
offenses (prior) |
| 103. |
刎 |
hane |
hito |
helmets (兜 kabuto) |
| 104. |
腹 |
hara |
hito |
tarako (鱈子) codefish roe |
| 105. |
針 |
hari |
hito |
seams, stitches (縫い目 nuime), meshes of a net (編み目 amime) |
| 106. |
張り |
hari |
hito |
bows, stringed instruments, paper lanterns, umbrellas, (curtains, objects stretched over a frame) |
| 107. |
箸 |
hashi |
hito |
single mouthful of food |
| 108. |
柱 |
hashira |
hito |
gods, mortuary tablets |
| 109. |
派 |
hasuri |
hito |
errand doers |
| 110. |
発 |
hatsu |
ichi |
shots or rounds; engines; blows |
| 111. |
瓶 |
hei |
ichi |
potted plants or ikebana |
| 112. |
ヘクタール |
hekutāru |
ichi |
hectares |
| 113. |
瓸, ヘクトグラム |
hekutoguramu |
ichi |
hectograms (100 grams) |
| 114. |
粨, ヘクトメートル |
hekutomētoru |
ichi |
hectometers (100 meters) |
| 115. |
竡, ヘクトリットル |
hekutorittoru |
ichi |
hectoliters (100 liters) |
| 116. |
片 |
hen |
ichi |
fragments or flakes (irregular shaped "mai") |
| 117. |
遍 |
hen |
ichi |
number of times |
| 118. |
篇 |
hen |
ichi |
poems |
| 119. |
編 |
hen |
ichi |
chapters or parts; (Chinese ) poems |
| 120. |
返 |
hen |
ichi |
number of times |
| 121. |
ヘルツ |
herutsu |
ichi |
hertz, hz. |
| 122. |
部屋 |
heya |
hito |
rooms |
| 123. |
匹 |
hiki |
ichi |
small animals, fish, insects (& unit of measure for rolls of cloth) |
| 124. |
疋 |
hiki |
hito |
counter for lengths of cloth, about 21m |
| 125. |
疋 |
hiki |
ichi |
animals; former monetary unit, 10 (later 25) mon (文) |
| 126. |
疋 |
hiki |
ichi |
unit of measure for rolls of cloth, 2 tan (反), c. 9m |
| 127. |
品 |
hin |
ichi |
courses of a meal; saleable things |
| 128. |
片 |
hira |
hito |
flower petals |
| 129. |
尋 |
hiro |
hito |
fathom, unit of length, c. 1.8m, 6 shaku (尺), used esp. for water depth |
| 130. |
筆 |
hitsu |
ichi |
documents, papers (書類 shorui); ricefields, land registrations |
| 131. |
歩 |
ho |
ichi |
footsteps, steps |
| 132. |
舗 |
ho |
ichi |
maps (literary) |
| 133. |
包 |
hō |
ichi |
tablets (pills), packets of (powder) medicine, tea |
| 134. |
本 |
hon |
ichi |
long, cylindrical objects; rounds or points of a match (karate); baseball safe hits; movies; letters |
| 135. |
百 |
hyaku |
ichi |
100s |
| 136. |
俵 |
hyō |
ichi |
bags (straw) of rice, cereal; sackfuls |
| 137. |
票 |
hyō |
ichi |
votes |
| 138. |
拍子 |
hyōshi |
ichi |
beats, or number of syllables in Japanese words |
| 139. |
位 |
i |
ichi |
spirits (of the dead), ranking, place, standard (順位 jun'i) |
| 140. |
圏 |
īchan |
ichi |
games of mahjonng |
| 141. |
吋, インチ |
inchi |
ichi |
inches |
| 142. |
色 |
iro |
hito |
colors; kinds |
| 143. |
寺 |
ji |
ichi |
Buddhist temples |
| 144. |
耳 |
ji |
ichi |
rabbits (pairs) |
| 145. |
字 |
ji |
ichi |
characters, letters (kanji) |
| 146. |
時 |
ji |
ichi |
hours of the day, o'clock |
| 147. |
次 |
ji |
ichi |
numerical order or number of times |
| 148. |
時限 |
jigen |
ichi |
hour, period (school class) |
| 149. |
時間 |
jikan |
ichi |
hours |
| 150. |
軸 |
jiku |
ichi |
scrolls |
| 151. |
陣 |
jin |
ichi |
occurring in spells |
| 152. |
女 |
jo |
ichi |
daughters |
| 153. |
錠 |
jō |
ichi |
tablets, pills |
| 154. |
丈 |
jō |
ichi |
unit of length, 10 shaku (尺), 3.030 m |
| 155. |
乗 |
jō |
ichi |
vehicles (literary), numbers (powers) |
| 156. |
畳 |
jō |
ichi |
tatami, mats (3'x6'), roomsize |
| 157. |
帖 |
jō |
ichi |
quires (of paper), folding screens, karakami, volumes of Japanese books...; tatami or (straw) mats, |
| 158. |
条 |
jō |
ichi |
articles, sections (e.g. constitution); strip-like, slender objects, obi (帯), rivers |
| 159. |
樹 |
ju |
ichi |
trees |
| 160. |
什 |
jū |
ichi |
Chinese poems |
| 161. |
十 |
jū |
ichi |
10s |
| 162. |
重 |
jū |
ichi |
folds, layers, plies, tiered boxes (重箱) |
| 163. |
旬 |
jun |
ichi |
ten-day periods; decades? |
| 164. |
巡 |
jun |
ichi |
rounds |
| 165. |
箇 |
ka |
ichi |
items, places, units of time |
| 166. |
価 |
ka |
ichi |
valence (Physics) |
| 167. |
日 |
ka |
hito |
days (2-10, 20) |
| 168. |
荷 |
ka |
ichi |
loads, burdens; tubs, buckets (桶 oke) |
| 169. |
課 |
ka |
ichi |
lessons |
| 170. |
顆, 果 |
ka |
ichi |
fruits, jewels, small round things, hanko (seals) |
| 171. |
菓 |
ka |
ichi |
fruits |
| 172. |
架 |
ka |
ichi |
folding screens (byōbu 屏風), framed pictures |
| 173. |
花弁 |
kaben |
ichi |
flower petals |
| 174. |
株 |
kabu |
hito |
stocks, shares; plant with roots (shrubs), trees |
| 175. |
ヶ月 |
kagetsu |
ichi |
months |
| 176. |
籠 |
kago |
hito |
baskets, fruits |
| 177. |
階 |
kai |
ichi |
floors, stories |
| 178. |
回 |
kai |
ichi |
number of times, games, matches; innings |
| 179. |
葢 |
kai |
ichi |
hats |
| 180. |
掛 |
kake |
hito |
collars (襟 eri), strings (弦 gen) |
| 181. |
角形 |
kakkei |
ichi |
-sided figure, -agon |
| 182. |
ヶ国 |
kakoku |
ichi |
countries |
| 183. |
ヶ国語 |
kakokugo |
ichi |
languages |
| 184. |
角 |
kaku |
ichi |
angles |
| 185. |
画 |
kaku |
ichi |
strokes (kanji) |
| 186. |
叺 |
kamasu |
hito |
sugar (straw bags of) |
| 187. |
艦 |
kan |
ichi |
warships |
| 188. |
巻 |
kan |
ichi |
books of one work, volumes, reels of a film |
| 189. |
款 |
kan |
ichi |
articles or subsections |
| 190. |
缶, 罐 |
kan |
hito |
cans of nori (海苔 edible laver), tea, canned goods |
| 191. |
貫 |
kan |
ichi |
1,000 monme (匁), 8.27 lb, 3.750 kg; former monetary unit, 1,000 mon (文) (Edo era: 960 mon) |
| 192. |
管 |
kan |
ichi |
wind instruments |
| 193. |
ヶ年 |
kanen |
ichi |
years |
| 194. |
カップ |
kappu |
ichi |
cups (in recipes) |
| 195. |
カロリー |
karorī |
ichi |
calories |
| 196. |
重ね |
kasane |
hito |
mochi (kagami mochi) (鏡餅), tiered boxes (重箱 jūbako), layers of clothing |
| 197. |
襲 |
kasane |
ichi |
Japanese clothing |
| 198. |
綛, 桛 |
kase |
hito |
thread wound on skeins, items wound on a frame |
| 199. |
頭 |
kashira |
hito |
helmets, headgear worn by nobles in court dress (烏帽子 eboshi); masks (faces 面 omote) |
| 200. |
ヶ所 |
kasho |
ichi |
places (箇所) |
| 201. |
方 |
kata |
hito |
persons (honorific) |
| 202. |
片食 |
katakia |
ichi |
meals (from Edo era when 2 meals a day were usual) |
| 203. |
塊 |
katamari |
hito |
lumped objects |
| 204. |
片付 |
katazuke |
hito |
one's tidying |
| 205. |
家族 |
kazoku |
hito 1,2 |
families |
| 206. |
景 |
kei |
ichi |
scenes, sections of a play |
| 207. |
茎 |
kei |
ichi |
long and narrow objects [rare], hanging lantern (灯籠 tōrō), writing brush (筆) |
| 208. |
京 |
kei (& kyō) |
ichi |
10 million billion, 1000 chō (兆), 10 quadrillion, 10 to the 16th |
| 209. |
間 |
ken |
ichi |
unit of length, 6 shaku (尺), 1.818 m. |
| 210. |
件 |
ken |
ichi |
cases, matters, affairs, bills, measures |
| 211. |
剣 |
ken |
ichi |
Japanese swords |
| 212. |
軒 |
ken |
ichi |
buildings, houses |
| 213. |
鍵 |
ken |
ichi |
keys (of a piano) |
| 214. |
桁 |
keta |
hito 1-4 |
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