回
Tags
- popular
- Words commonly used in modern Japanese #popular
- JLPT N3
- JLPT N3 words: Intermediate Level #jlpt3
- counter
- Words used along with numbers to count things, actions, and events. #ctr
- noun
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi) #n
- noun (generic)
- All kinds of Japanese nouns #noun
- colloquial
- Words not used in formal speech, writing or paralinguistics. #col
- noun (suffix)
- noun, used as a suffix #n-suf
- abbreviation
- An abbreviation is a shorter way to write a word or phrase. #abbr
Reading
Meaning
- keer
- compteur d'occurrences
- une fois
- manche (de baseball), tour, jeu, match
- épisode, chapitre
- Hui (ethnie)
- islam
- Mal, Wiederkehr, Runde
- …mal
- Spielzeit, Spielhälfte, Inning
- (в сочет. с числ.), 1) раз, 2) (спорт.) игра, тайм, раунд, забег, заплыв, заезд
- (Msr) krat
- contador para número de veces que ocurre una cosa
- contador para entradas (béisbol)
How to write
Japanese counters
Counting in Japanese isn't as straightforward as in English.
In Japanese, to count things, events or actions you need to use special words called counters. The Japanese numerals cannot be used directly with a noun.. 1
There are too many counters and you need to use a different one depending on what you want to count. Using the wrong counter is grammatically incorrect. If you are counting people, you must use the people counter, etc. Sometimes, it is acceptable to use a more generic counter when a less commonly used counter applies. 2
Most common counters
Japanese | Use |
---|---|
人 | To count the number of people |
本 | To count long, cylindrical objects such as bottles or chopsticks |
枚 | To count thin objects such as paper or shirts |
冊 | To count bound objects usually books |
匹 | To count small animals like cats or dogs |
歳 | To count the age of a living creatures such as people |
個 | To count small (often round) objects |
回 | To count number of times |
ヶ所 | To count number of locations |
つ | To count any generic object that has a rare or no counter |
Counting from 1 to 10
- Special readings appear in bold font.
View Wikipedia: Japanese counter word for a comprehensive list of Japanese counters.
See also: JapanDict: Numbers ↩
Information for this article extracted from the great Tae Kim's Guide to Learning Japanese: Numbers and counting under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike License. ↩
Kanji in this word
Collocations and expressions using 回
Extended information
- JMDict ID: 1199330
- JMdictDB entry
- Short URL: https://jpdct.com/Ekzi
- Appears in the "wordfreq" file compiled by Alexandre Girardi (see wordfreq.README) on the first 12.000 words.
- Appears in the "Ichimango goi bunruishuu", Senmon Kyouiku Publishing, Tokyo, 1998.
- Frequency-of-use ranking in the wordfreq file: 9
Example sentences
- Japanese sentence
- 新種の稲によっては年に2、3回収穫できる物もある。Loading...
- Sentence analysis
- Meaning
- Some new kinds of rice can be harvested two or three times a year.
- Japanese sentence
- このトーナメントに優勝するには、7回続けて勝たなくてはいけません。Loading...
- Sentence analysis
- Meaning
- We have to win seven times in a row to win this tournament.