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How does one pronounce "11.53 cups"?
I am uncertain how to handle the combination of the fraction, counter, and rendaku.
Is it じゅういっぱいてんごじゅうさん or maybe じゅういちてんごじゅうさんばい?
It occurred in this sentence here:
全日本【ぜんにほん】コーヒー協会【きょうかい】の2020年【...
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What is 18坪? (じゅうはち + つぼ = ?)
What is 18坪? (じゅうはち + つぼ = ?)
I found this sentence
１８坪の店内【てんない】は落【お】ち着【つ】いた雰囲気【ふんいき】で、壁面【へきめん】にはぐるりとＳＰ、ＬＰレコードなどが１万枚【いちまんまい】並【なら】ぶ
https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/culture/music/20220701-OYT1T50230
I did not ...
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Number+counter when NOT used as an adverb
Following up from this question, I'm curious how Japanese people naturally describe the numbers of things when NOT used like an adverb. Do they still use 「thing + number + counter」, just like when ...
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expressing fractions of people?
One pronounces "two people" as 二人【ふたり】, but what happens with "2.7 people"? Is the following reading of this sentence correct?
このうち[2.7]{にてんなな}人【にん】に1人【ひとり】が「重【おも】い荷物【にもつ】を背負【せお】...
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How do you say "n out of m" with 目?
I'm writing an application which features pagination, and I would like to translate it into Japanese. I have the following English text:
Page 2 / 115
Before adding pagination, I would have ...
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Anything special with the number 20? [duplicate]
When counting, the number 20 is always quite different than other numbers. For example, you have 二十日 (はつか) and 二十歳 (はたち). Where does this difference come from? Is the number 20 special in Japan?
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Counting number of numbers
So I'm a Japanese learner just coming across how to count stuff like cars, or buildings, or bottles, or anything!
But I was just wondering, is there any counter to count numbers?
For example, you ...
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What is the grammatical function of "が" in this context of counting people?
In an anime I've been watching, the protagonist goes to a village where one of his friends came from, where all the people in the village have the same hair color as his friend. (with "〇" ...
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Leaving away the 目 suffix for ordinal numbers
I've seen 「1ページ」 refer to "page 1" of e.g. a book. Wouldn't this technically mean "one page" and 「１ページ目」 be correct for "page 1"?
Is leaving away the 目 when referring to ...
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What is independent form of numeral 10?
An old Dover grammar-book of Japanese shows it to be to (it has no kana but I assume it's と), but Wikipedia shows to̅ (とお). Which one is correct?
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How many things? AとBがふたつ
「その上{うえ}には熱帯魚{ねったいぎょ}の水槽{すいそう}と何{なに}かのトロフィーがふたつのっている。」
This is a quote from "The wind-up bird and Tuesday's Women." How many fish tanks are there? How many trophies?
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＃回に＃度: probability or sequence?
In a game manual, there is a description of a rare item that sometimes appears instead of a regular one. The rule determining when this rare item appears is this:
16回に１度、Ｘのかわりに出現。
In an earlier ...
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Reading and translation for "1日目", "2日目", "3日目", etc
I have a list referring to days of classes that reads this way:
1日目 - Ichinichime - Day 1
2日目 - Futsukame - Day 2
3日目 - Mikkame - Day 3
4日目 - Yokkame - Day 4
5日目 - Itsukame - Day 5
And so on (until ...
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Why the same counter word is used for cups and octopuses?
Me and my fellow coworker have been discussing the article on Japanese counter words and this particular case has caught our attention:
[Pronunciation]はい hai, ぱい pai, ばい bai; [Spelling]杯, [Use] ...
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Numbering pages (ex. PAGE ONE)
Although it might seem a tad pointless, I am trying to number pages in a document without using Arabic numerals (0, 1, 2 etc.). I would like the reading to similar to "PAGE ONE" or "FIRST PAGE." I'm ...
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