助数詞
Counters
28 words, in the order they were studied.
| # | Japanese | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ～かい／～がい | storey, story, floor |
| 2 | ～えん | yen (currency of Japan) |
| 3 | ～じ | hour, o'clock |
| 4 | ～ふん／～ぷん | minute (unit of time) |
| 5 | ～ねん | year |
| 6 | ～がつ | month (of the year) |
| 7 | ～にち | nth day (of the month) |
| 8 | ひとつ | one (thing) |
| 9 | ふたつ | two |
| 10 | みっつ | three |
| 11 | よっつ | four, 4 |
| 12 | いつつ | five |
| 13 | むっつ | six |
| 14 | ななつ | seven |
| 15 | やっつ | eight |
| 16 | ここのつ | nine |
| 17 | とお | ten, 10 |
| 18 | ひとり | one person |
| 19 | ふたり | two persons, two people, pair |
| 20 | ～にん | counter for people |
| 21 | ～だい | counter for machines and vehicles |
| 22 | ～まい | counter for thin |
| 23 | ～かい | a time, an instance |
| 24 | ～じかん | hour |
| 25 | ～しゅうかん | week |
| 26 | ～かげつ | months (counter) |
| 27 | ～ねん | year |
| 28 | －ばん | number (in a series) |
English meanings are based on JMdict, used in accordance with the licence provisions of the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group (CC BY-SA 4.0).