Japanese
Lesson 73: The 回-counter
Another commonly used counter is 回, which is used for counting the number of times some action is completed, e.g. She went shopping five times last week. As with the counter 人, 回 has several irregular readings, which are shown in the table below.
English | Japanese |
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once | 一回 ikkai |
twice | 二回 nikai |
three times | 三回 sankai |
four times | 四回 yonkai |
five times | 五回 gokai |
six times | 六回 rokkai |
seven times | 七回 nanakai |
eight times | 八回 hakkai |
nine times | 九回 kyuukai |
ten times | 十回 zyukkai |
Below are some example sentences using this counter.
English | Japanese |
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He ate pizza five times this month! | 彼 は 今月 五回 ピザ を 食べました よ。 kare ha kongetu gokai piza wo tabemasita yo. |
How many times did you meet the king? | あなた は 何回 王 に 会いました か? anata ha nankai ou ni aimasita ka? |