Extra Kanji—Japanese Counter Words Flashcards ionicons-v5-c

counter for scenes of a play

ばい

counter for multiples (e.g. 2倍 = 2 fold)

ばん

counter for nights (see also: 夜)

ばん

counter for turns, position, train platforms, and sports matches

counter for small fish and shrimps (used in the fish trade; most people use 匹 instead)

counter for copies of magazines, newspapers, or other packets of papers

ぶん

counter for sentences

びょう

counter for seconds

ちゃく

counter for suits of clothing (see also: 枚)

ちょう

counter for guns, sticks of ink, palanquins, rickshaws, and violins

ちょう

counter for tools, scissors, saws, trousers, pistols, cakes of tofu, town blocks, servings at a restaurant

ちょう

counter for town blocks

だい

counter for generations, historical periods, and reigns

だい

counter for cars, bicycles, machines, mechanical devices, and household appliances

だん

counter for levels, ranks, and steps of stairs

段落

だんらく

counter for paragraphs

ど or たび

counter for occurrences, number of times, and degrees of temperature and angle (see also: 回)

ふで

counter for brush or pen strokes (not to be confused with ひつ)

ふく and ぷく

counter for bowls of matcha, doses of powdered medicine, puffs of tobacco, and rests or breaks

ふく and ぷく

counter for hanging scrolls

ふん and ぷん

counter for minutes

ふり

counter for swords

学級

がっきゅう

counter for classes in pre-college education

がつ or つき

counter for months of the year (month-long periods are read つき; see also: ヶ月)

counter for words

ごう

counter for small containers (e.g. rice cup, sake cup)

ごん or こと

counter for words

counter for suits of armour and sets of furniture

ぎょう

counter for lines of text

はく

counter for nights of a stay

はい, ぱい and ばい

counter for cups and glasses of drink, spoonfuls, cuttlefish, octopuses, crabs, squid, and abalone

はい

counter for losses (in sports matches)

はこ

counter for boxes

はり

counter for umbrellas, parasols and tents

はしら

counter for gods and memorial tablets

はつ and ぱつ

counter for gunshots, bullets, aerial fireworks, o******, and s** acts

ひき and ぴき

counter for small animals, insects, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and oni (folkloric demons)

ひん and ぴん

counter for parts of a meal and meal courses (see also: しな)

ひつ and ぴつ

counter for pieces of land and numbers of people

ほ and ぽ

counter for number of footsteps

ほん, ぽん and ぼん

counter for long and thin objects: rivers, roads, train tracks, ties, pencils, bottles, guitars, and also, metaphorically, telephone calls (see also: 通話), train or bus routes, movies, home runs, and points in sports events

ひょう and ぴょう

counter for votes

拍子

ひょうし and びょうし

counter for musical beats

counter for letters, kana, and kanji

counter for one's children

counter for hours of the day

時間

じかん

counter for hour-long periods

じょう

counter for tatami mats

じょう

counter for pills or capsules

じょう

counter for articles of law, thin objects, rays or streams of light, and streaks of smoke or lightning

counter for day of the month

counter for frames

counter for lessons

かぶ

counter for stocks and nursery trees

ヶ月, 箇月

かげつ

counter for month-long periods (see also: がつ)

かい

counter for occurrences and number of times (see also: 度)

かい and がい

counter for number of floors or storeys

ヶ国, 箇国

かこく

counter for countries

ヶ国語, 箇国語

かこくご

counter for national languages

かく

counter for strokes in kanji characters

かん

counter for pieces of nigiri-zushi

かん

counter for warships

系統

けいとう

counter for bus routes

けん

counter for abstract matters or cases

けん and げん

counter for houses

counter for aircraft and machines

counter for graves, wreaths, CPUs, reactors, elevators, and dams

きん

counter for loaves of bread

切れ

きれ

counter for slices (of bread, cake, sashimi etc.)

個, 箇, 个, or ヶ

a general measure word used when there is no specific counter (個 is also used for military units)

counter for houses

こう

counter for schools

稿

こう

counter for drafts of a manuscript

こう

counter for banks

齣, コマ

こま

counter for frames and panels (齣 is virtually unused in modern Japanese)

こん

counter for shots (of a drink)

counter for sections and city districts

counter for haiku poems

くち

counter for bank accounts and donations

くみ

counter for groups, pairs of people

クラス

くらす

counter for school classes

きゃく

counter for desks and chairs (implements with legs attached)

きゃく

counter for pairs of cup and saucer

きょく

counter for pieces of music

きょく

counter for board game matches, radio stations, and television stations

まい

counter for thin and flat objects, sheets of paper, photographs, plates, and articles of clothing (see also: 着)

まき or かん

counter for rolls and scrolls (かん used for volumes of books)

まく

counter for theatrical acts

めい

counter for people (in polite language)

めん

counter for mirrors, boards for board games, stages of computer games, walls of a room and tennis courts

もん

counter for cannons

もん

counter for questions

ねん

counter for years and grades in school (does not apply to years of age; see 才 or 歳)

にち

counter for days of the month (readings are highly irregular)

にん

counter for people (readings are highly irregular; see also: り)

人前

にんまえ

counter for food portions (without reading exceptions)

おり

counter for boxes made of folded paper

ページ, 頁

ぺーじ

counter for pages

れい

counter for cases and examples

れい

counter for bows during worship at a shrine

れん

counter for finger rings or necklace loops

り or 人

counter for people (used in the words 一人 (ひとり) and 二人 (ふたり).

りん

counter for wheels and flowers

りょう

counter for railway cars

才 or 歳

さい

counter for years of age

さお

counter for chests of drawers and flags

さつ

counter for books

せき

counter for seats, rakugo shows, and drinking parties

せき

counter for ships, halves of a pair, and items carried in a bundle (such as fish, birds, arrows etc.)

しな

counter for parts of a meal, courses (see also: ひん)

しゃ

counter for Shinto shrines and businesses

しき

counter for sets of things such as documents or furniture

しょう

counter for wins (in sports matches)

しゅ

counter for tanka (a type of classical Japanese poem)

しゅう

counter for weeks

種類 or 種

しゅるい or しゅ

counter for species or kinds

そく

counter for pairs of footwear, pairs of socks or stockings, and tabi (traditional Japanese socks)

そう

counter for pairs

たば

counter for bundles or bunches of things

たい

counter for images, statues, person's remains, dolls, androids, and humanoid robots

たわら

counter for bags of rice

てき

counter for drops of liquid

てん

counter for points, dots, and pieces of a set

とう

counter for large animals, cattle, elephants, whales, dolphins, and butterflies

とき

counter for time periods (see also: 時間)

通り

とおり

counter for combinations and puzzle solutions

used as part of the indigenous Japanese number system (一つ, 二つ, 三つ, etc.)

つう

counter for letters (i.e. written messages)

つぼ

used as a unit of area equal to 3.3 square meters

つぶ

counter for almonds and grain

通話

つうわ

counter for telephone calls (see also: 本)

わ, ば, and ぱ

counter for birds and rabbits

counter for bundles

counter for stories and episodes of TV series, etc.

counter for nights (see also: 晩)

ぜん

counter for pairs of chopsticks and bowls of rice