Counters

Words JMdict marks as Counters.

203 words.

人 (にん) counter for people
つ general-purpose counter
回 (かい) counter for occurrences
歳 (さい) ... years old
位 (い) rank
話 (わ) counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
個 (こ) counter for (small) things or pieces
ヶ月 (かげつ) counter for months
等 (とう) class
枚 (まい) counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins)
名 (めい) counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such)
世 (せい) counter for generations
件 (けん) matter
山 (やま) mountain
ページ page
所 (しょ) counter for places (offices, facilities, stations)
代目 (だいめ) nth generation
カ counter used with Sino-Japanese words
条 (じょう) article (in a document)
たび time (three times, each time, etc.)
語 (ご) word
級 (きゅう) (school) grade
冊 (さつ) counter for books
誌 (し) magazine
弾 (だん) counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.)
番目 (ばんめ) the nth ...
巻 (かん) volume (of book)
校 (こう) school
頭 (とう) counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle)
匹 (ひき) counter for small animals
隻 (せき) counter for ships
周 (しゅう) counter for laps or circuits
寺 (じ) counter for temples
票 (ひょう) vote
択 (たく) counter for choices, options, etc.
速 (そく) gear
分間 (ふんかん) minutes (period of)
泊 (はく) counter for nights of a stay
羽 (わ) counter for birds or rabbits
巡 (じゅん) counter for tours, cycles, rounds, circuits, etc.
波 (は) counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
段 (だん) step
気筒 (きとう) cylinder
缶 (かん) can
軒 (けん) counter for buildings (esp. houses)
打 (だ) hitting a ball (with a bat, golf club, etc.)
色 (しょく) counter for colours
戸 (こ) counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.
カ国 (かこく) counter for countries
丁 (ちょう) counter for long and narrow things (e.g. guns, spades, hoes, oars, ink sticks, candles, abacuses, kitchen knives, scissors, shamisen, violins)

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