GUIDED PATH · PHASE 5

Guided Japanese Course

A mastery path for complete beginners and technology professionals.

HOW THIS COURSE WORKS

Follow the path. Advance by mastery.

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The primary path tells you what to do next. You can still open any available lesson, but completion is based on checkpoints rather than calendar days.

FULL TARGET CURRICULUM

Tracks 0–10

11 tracks

TRACK 9 · 9-2

Counters: Count the Right Kind of Thing

Use high-frequency counters and understand the number + counter architecture.

45 min
Before you begin
  • Numbers through large values.
Why this matters

Japanese counting changes with the type of object: people, flat items, machines, occurrences, books, and general items.

1. A counter classifies what is being counted

Think NUMBER + COUNTER, often with sound changes.

Useful counter families
people一人 ひとり / 二人 ふたり / 三人 さんにん
flat things一枚 / 三枚
machines/devices一台 / 二台
occurrences一回 / 三回
bound volumes一冊 / 二冊
general native counter一つ / 二つ / 三つ