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Counting
Counting animals, non-specific things, cups/bowls, and flat things
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| One Thing. | ひとつ |
| Two Things | ふたつ |
| Three Things | みっつ |
| Four Things | よっつ |
| Five Things | いつつ |
| Six Things | むっつ |
| Seven Things | ななつ |
| Eight Things | やっつ |
| Nine Things | ここのつ |
| Ten Things (exception) | とお |
| Animals of Cups/Bowls | Mnemonic for Suffix: Polly Heart Bought Her Hat PHPHP |
| One Animal or One cup/bowl | いっぱい |
| Two Animals or Two cups/bowls | にはい |
| Three Animals or Three cups/bowls | さんばい |
| Four Animals or Four cups/bowls | よんはい |
| Five Animals or One cups/bowls | ごはい |
| Six Animals or Six cups/bowls | ろっぱい |
| Seven Animals or Seven cups/bowls | ななはい |
| Eight Animals or Eight cups/bowls | はっぱい |
| Nine Animals or Nine cups/bowls | きゅうはい |
| Ten Animals or Ten cups/bowls | じゅっぱい |
| Flat Things just use the suffix まい | No exceptions to the rule |
| One flat thing | いちまい |
| Two flat things | にまい |
| Three flat things | さんまい |
| Four flat things | よんまい |
| Five flat things | ごまい |
| Six flat things | ろくまい |
| Seven flat things | ななまい |
| Eight flat things | はちまい |
| Nine flat things | きゅうまい |
| Ten flat things | じゅうまい |