List: counter
Words used along with numbers to count things, actions, and events.
popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) counter
- guest, visitor
- customer, client, shopper, spectator, audience, tourist, sightseer, passenger
- counter for containers used to entertain guests
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) go (game) shogi abbreviation archaic noun (suffix) noun taking the genitive case particle ăź adjective (generic) suffix counter
- muscle, tendon, sinew
- vein, artery
- fiber, fibre, string
- line, stripe, streak
- reason, logic
- plot, storyline
- lineage, descent
- school (e.g. of scholarship or arts)
- aptitude, talent
- source (of information, etc.), circle, channel
- well-informed person (in a transaction)
- effective move, logical move, suji, tesuji
- ninth vertical line
- seam on a helmet
- gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)
- social position, status
- on (a river, road, etc.), along
- counter for long thin things, counter for roads or blocks when giving directions
- street (in Osaka)
- (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)
æăŠtepopular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) colloquial noun (suffix) counter
- hand, arm
- forepaw, foreleg
- handle
- hand, worker, help
- trouble, care, effort
- means, way, trick, move, technique, workmanship
- hand, handwriting
- kind, type, sort
- one's hands, one's possession
- ability to cope
- hand (of cards)
- direction
- move (in go, shogi, etc.)
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) noun (suffix) counter suffix
- stand, rest, base, pedestal, platform, table, holder, support, rack
- setting (of a gem), mounting
- stock (in grafting)
- counter for machines and vehicles
- level (e.g. price level), mark, range, decade (of one's life)
- tall building (with a fine view), (observation) platform
- plateau, heights
popular noun noun (generic) counter
- honesty, sincerity, fidelity
- trust, reliance, confidence
- (religious) faith, devotion
- counter for received messages
ćŁăăĄkuchipopular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) suffix counter
- mouth
- opening, hole, gap, orifice
- mouth (of a bottle), spout, nozzle, mouthpiece
- gate, door, entrance, exit
- speaking, speech, talk (i.e. gossip)
- taste, palate
- mouth (to feed)
- opening (i.e. vacancy), available position
- invitation, summons
- kind, sort, type
- opening (i.e. beginning)
- counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money) and stove burners
- counter for swords, blades, etc.
ć±±ăăŸyamapopular search-only kana form JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) counter slang usually written using kana alone card games mahjong noun (prefix)
- mountain, hill
- mine
- (mountain) forest
- heap, pile, stack, mountain
- protruding or high part of an object, crown (of a hat), thread (of a screw), tread (of a tire)
- climax, peak, critical point
- guess, speculation, gamble
- (criminal) case, crime
- mountain climbing, mountaineering
- festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd)
- deck (from which players draw cards), draw pile, stock
- wall, wall tile
- wild
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) suffix counter
- pillar, post
- support, prop, mainstay
- counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
popular noun noun (generic) historical term suffix counter
- seat, place
- position, status
- gathering, party, company, atmosphere (of a gathering)
- stand, pedestal, platform
- trade guild
- attaches to the names of constellations
- attaches to the names of theatres, cinemas and theatrical troupes
- counter for theatres, deities, Buddhist images, tall mountains, and satokagura songs
popular JLPT N3 finance noun noun (generic) counter biology abbreviation noun (suffix)
- stock, share
- stump
- (clump of) roots, plant with attached roots or stem
- strain (of bacteria, etc.)
- stock company, corporation, kabushiki kaisha, KK
- goodwill (of a business), privilege (that comes with a role)
- reputation, standing, popularity
- one's forte