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Japanese Counters (the Free e-Book)

Started by tofugu · 8 months ago

A few days ago I did a live e-lecture about Japanese counters (and how suicidal they can make you). To go along with the presentation, I put together an e-book for you to use as a Japanese counter resource. Let’s take a closer look at counters, and then I’ll provid ... Continue reading »

27 comments

  • stephen

    8 months ago

    Thanks for the ebook... I once went to a friends' house and in their study room was a book on the counters Mandarin uses... It was a thick as a a volume of an encyclopedia.
    You are right that you do not need to know all of them but it is really important to know the ones you need to.
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  • QuinsY

    8 months ago

    Hello Everyone,

    I attended the class and it was very fun and educational too, I guess :P . I find the e-book to be very useful also. Great work you do Koichi先生 and very consistent. Good teacher, he is, very. Seriously！

    -QuinsY. (Practicing my hiragana or else I won't be allowed into Na先生's class xD *crying on the inside・・・* )。
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  • kurisu

    8 months ago

    ホンマおもろ〜 lol thanks a bunch for the e-book! wow my gut kind of sank seeing there are over 80 kinds of counters x_x i guess i should put these to use... walk around campus and just. count things. O_O

    thanks again!
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  • WOTDsctoo

    8 months ago

    NEL! I watch that guy on youtube!
    He's not that big or anything...but here I see him on Japanese TV!?!? AH!

    Anyway...cool e-book and such. :)
    Sorry for getting excited about the wroooong things. XD
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  • TicTaek

    8 months ago

    3 has just become my favorite number. Thanks for the e-Book mate!!!
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  • TDoWF

    8 months ago

    omg I LOLed sp much
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  • Abdel

    8 months ago

    Hey, what about these exceptions? 十四日（じゅうよっか）、十七日（じゅうしちにち only)、二十日（はつか）二十四日（にじゅうよっか）と二十七日（にじゅうしちにち only）

    It is not so straight forward after 十日 as you say.
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  • koichi

    8 months ago

    very true, i need to edit that, thank you!
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  • Sam watashi wa

    8 months ago

    haha very funny didnt see the diffrent languages coming xD
    and the peoples reactions are funny :p
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  • sophiebee

    8 months ago

    Hey Koichi!
    I've been stalking...um I mean reading your blog for a while. I wanted to attend this class but neither time suited me (I'm from Australia). Thanks for the e-book, it looks great. Keep blogging!
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  • eLsa

    8 months ago

    hey thanks =D
    it really helps~
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  • moshi_moshi

    8 months ago

    I was at the edufire meeting ^^ xox
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  • stshores24

    8 months ago

    I could be missing it, but...I don't see an actual link to the e-book.
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  • Tofugu_Erin

    8 months ago

    Click on the text that says ☆Japanese Counters e-Book☆

    It's not link-colored, unfortunately.
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  • koichi

    8 months ago

    Yeah, I need to juggle the css to make it work and accept other colors
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  • stshores24

    8 months ago

    'I see!' said the blind man to his deaf friend. Thanks.
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  • Fiona

    8 months ago

    oh thx for video so that's who this kid from hey say was doing for this gag agame.

    http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=8uAORx5ixkU
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  • ルイバ

    8 months ago

    I love you Tofugu! youre a great guy!
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  • Arky

    8 months ago

    Although I had to leave early, i enjoyed what time I was there and learned a fair bit including that song, Greatly Appreciated.
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  • Robo-panda

    8 months ago

    Great guide! counters were always a bit difficult to grasp for me.

    I just noticed though in the minutes on the guide there's a typo, it says ろっぷん, but the romaji says "rokupun".
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  • koichi

    8 months ago

    whoops, there's another thing for me to fix :) thank you!
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  • mmnessa

    8 months ago

    omg, another e-book? thanks a lot! ^_^
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  • Zaywex

    7 months ago

    Don't you usual use the 一つ,二つ,etc counter when shopping?
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  • Raby

    5 months ago

    omg....you're sooo great!
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  • Josh

    4 months ago

    English has counters my friend. It's a little different than Japanese counters, but we have them.
    I'll show you.
    one *sheet* of paper.
    two *bottles* of beer.
    and so on.
    We probably don't have as many, but would you not consider these counters?
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  • Tofugu_Erin

    4 months ago

    Possibly? The actual number isn't changing, so idk.
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  • バカエイゴ

    4 months ago

    How do you count things under the "things that have no counter or have a ridiculously obscure one" above ten? Do you just use the regular ol' Sino-japanese number?
    For example, would
    セーターを二十一買った (セーター・をにじゅういち・かった）
    be just as valid as
    セーターを二つ買った　(セーター・を・ふたつ・かった)?
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