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<p>
    <strong><ruby>本hon</ruby></strong> is a counter word that is primarily used to count long, and mostly cylindrical, objects.
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    The pronunciation of <strong><ruby>本hon</ruby></strong> changes based on the number it's counting due to a linguistic phenomenon called <strong>rendaku</strong> or <strong>sequential voicing</strong>,
    in exactly the same way as the counter <strong><ruby>分hun</ruby></strong> for minutes, because both start with an <strong>h</strong> sound.
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    Now we're finally ready to order some beer!
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The long, cylindrical object counter 本

adjectival noun

adjectival phrase

adnominal

adverb

adverbial noun

adverbial phrase

auxiliary

case particle

compound

conjunction

conjunctive particle

discourse

discourse particle

expression

godan - group 1

group 3

hiragana character

hiragana writing

i-adjective

interjection

intransitive

itidan - group 2

kanji

kanji component

kanji writing

katakana character

katakana writing

na-adjective

noun

numeral

particle

phrase

prefix

pronoun

proper noun

reading vocabulary

sentence

suffix

transitive

verb

The verb to be

Hiragana 1

Kanji 1

Writing hiragana 1

Writing kanji 1

Hiragana 2

Kanji 2

The question particle か

Writing hiragana 2

This one and that one

Writing kanji 2

Reading exercise 1

Reading exercise 2

Hiragana 3

Negating nouns

Writing hiragana 3

The topic particle は

Kanji 3

The possession particle の

い-adjectives and な-adjectives

The subject particle が

Here and there

There is, there are

Writing kanji 3

Kanji 4

Group 1 verbs, direct and indirect objects

Group 2 verbs

Hiragana 4

Verbs in the past tense

Negating verbs

Invitations and the particle と

Negating past verbs

Writing hiragana 4

Reading exercise 3

Writing kanji 4

Reading exercise 4

Kanji 5

Nouns and the past tense

This and that

The group 3 verbs する and 来る

The discourse particles ね and よ

The location particles に and で

Hiragana 5

Writing hiragana 5

Writing kanji 5

The destination particles に and へ

Kanji 6

The origin particle から

Hiragana 6

Relative positions

Conjugating い-adjectives

Writing hiragana 6

Writing kanji 6

Hiragana 7

Writing hiragana 7

Kanji 7

Conjugating な-adjectives

How are you?

The particle も

The word ちょっと

Question	Answer
long, cylindrical object counter	〜本ほん〜hon
(I) bought two ballpoint pens.	ボールペン　を　二に本ほん　買かいました。boorupen wo nihon kaimasita.
There are four rivers.	川かわ　が　四よん本ほん　あります。kawa ga yonhon arimasu.
one long, cylindrical object	一いっ本ぽんippon
two long, cylindrical objects	二に本ほんnihon
three long, cylindrical objects	三さん本ぼんsanbon
four long, cylindrical objects	四よん本ほんyonhon
five long, cylindrical objects	五ご本ほんgohon
six long, cylindrical objects	六ろっ本ぽんroppon
seven long, cylindrical objects	七なな本ほんnanahon
eight long, cylindrical objects	八はっ本ぽんhappon
nine long, cylindrical objects	九きゅう本ほんkyuuhon
ten long, cylindrical objects	十じゅっ本ぽんzyuppon
Please give me three bottles of beer.	ビール　を　三さん本ぼん　ください。biiru wo sanbon kudasai.
candle	キャンドルkyandoru
(I) bought eight candles.	八はっ本ぽん　の　キャンドル　を　買かいました。happon no kyandoru wo kaimasita.
He ate six bananas!	彼かれ　は　六ろっ本ぽん　の　バナナ　を　食たべた　よ。kare ha roppon no banana wo tabeta yo.
(I) plan to read ten books.	本ほん　を　十じゅっ本ぽん　読よむ　つもり　です。hon wo zyuppon yomu tumori desu.

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