Question | Answer |
square-ish, flat-ish
ex. shirts, folded clothes, stamps, paper, tickets, pizza, CDs | mai |
large machinery
ex. cars, lorries, TVs, computers | dai |
long, cylindrical items
ex. bottles, videotapes, films, pens, trees | hon (pon, bon) |
floors, numbers of times | kai |
small animals
ex. dogs, cats, fish, mice | hiki (piki, biki) |
large animals
ex. cows, horses, elephants | tou |
people | nin |
round objects
ex. apples, sweets, round fruit, eggs, soap | ko |
books
ex. magazines, comic books, notebooks | satsu |
pairs (footwear)
ex. shoes, socks, boots | soku |
first floor
sixth floor
tenth floor | ikkai
rokkai
jukkai |
one round item
six round item
ten round item | ikko
rokko
jukko |
one book
eight book
ten book | issatsu
hassatsu
jussatsu |
one pair
eight pairs
ten pairs | issoku
hassoku
jussoku |
one cylindrical item
three cylindrical items
six cylindrical items | ippon
sanbon
roppon |
eight cylindrical items
ten cylindrical items | happon
juppon |
one animal
three animals
six animals | ippiki
sanbiki
roppiki |
eight animals
ten animals | happiki
juppiki |