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Counting things — 数え方

The native numbers ひとつ to とお, which count almost anything, and the ten counters you cannot avoid. Read each word aloud with its reading, then write it once on the line — in kana if you cannot yet write the kanji.

ひとつ number
一つ one (thing)
ふたつ number
二つ two (things)
みっつ number
三つ three (things)
よっつ number
四つ four (things)
いつつ number
五つ five (things)
むっつ number
六つ six (things)
ななつ number
七つ seven (things)
やっつ number
八つ eight (things)
ここのつ number
九つ nine (things)
とお number
十 ten (things)
〜にん counter
〜人 counter for people
〜まい counter
〜枚 counter for flat things (paper, tickets)
〜ほん counter
〜本 counter for long things (pens, bottles)
〜ひき counter
〜匹 counter for small animals
〜だい counter
〜台 counter for machines, vehicles
〜さつ counter
〜冊 counter for books
〜こ counter
〜個 counter for small objects
〜かい counter
〜回 counter for times, occasions
〜さい counter
〜歳 counter for years of age
〜かい counter
〜階 counter for floors of a building
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Counting things — from memory

Cover page 1. Write the Japanese for each meaning (kana is fine), then write what each word in part 2 means. Page 1 is the answer key.

1    Write the Japanese
counter for floors of a building
counter
counter for books
counter
five (things)
number
counter for times, occasions
counter
counter for flat things (paper, tickets)
counter
counter for years of age
counter
counter for small animals
counter
four (things)
number
counter for small objects
counter
two (things)
number
2    What does it mean?
三つ
〜本
七つ
〜台
十
一つ
〜人
六つ
八つ
九つ
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