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<p>
	Another commonly used counter is <strong><ruby>回kai</ruby></strong>,
	which is used for counting the number of times some action is completed, e.g. <strong>She went shopping five times last week</strong>.
	As with the counter <strong><ruby>人nin</ruby></strong>, <strong><ruby>回kai</ruby></strong> has several irregular readings,
	which are shown in the table below. 
</p>

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<p>
	Below are some example sentences using this counter.
</p>

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The 回-counter

hiragana character

kanji

adnominal

adverb

auxiliary

conjunction

compound

i-adjective

interjection

noun

na-adjective

numeral

particle

case particle

conjunctive particle

discourse particle

prefix

pronoun

suffix

verb

sentence

hiragana writing

kanji writing

kanji component

reading vocabulary

katakana writing

katakana character

godan - group 1

itidan - group 2

group 3

transitive

intransitive

proper noun

discourse

phrase

expression

adjectival noun

adverbial phrase

adjectival phrase

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

Reading exercise 7

Question	Answer
occurrence counter; number of times	〜回かい〜kai
once	一いっ回かいikkai
twice	二に回かいnikai
three times	三さん回かいsankai
four times	四よん回かいyonkai
five times	五ご回かいgokai
pizza	ピザpiza
he	彼かれkare
this month	今こん月げつkongetu
He ate pizza five times this month!	彼かれ　は　今こん月げつ　五ご回かい　ピザ　を　食たべました　よ。kare ha kongetu gokai piza wo tabemasita yo.
six times	六ろっ回かいrokkai
seven times	七なな回かいnanakai
eight times	八はっ回かいhakkai
nine times	九きゅう回かいkyuukai
ten times	十じゅっ回かいzyukkai
how many times	何なん回かいnankai
How many times did you meet the king?	あなた　は　何なん回かい　王おう　に　会あいました　か？anata ha nankai ou ni aimasita ka?

Japanese 74 - The 回-counter

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