Japanese

<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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	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th>English</th>
			<th>Japanese</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr data-item="27156"></tr>
		<tr data-item="27157"></tr>
		<tr data-item="27158"></tr>
		<tr data-item="27159"></tr>
		<tr data-item="27160"></tr>
		<tr data-item="27161"></tr>
		<tr data-item="27162"></tr>
		<tr data-item="27163"></tr>
		<tr data-item="27164"></tr>
		<tr data-item="27165"></tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

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

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	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th>English</th>
			<th>Japanese</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr data-item="27071"></tr>
		<tr data-item="27072"></tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

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

Word	何なん回かいnankai
Meaning	how many times
Part of speech	noun
Pronunciation
Course	Japanese
Lesson	The 回-counter

what	何なんnan
occurrence counter; number of times	〜回かい〜kai

Japanese - nankai

Breakdown of nankai

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Usages of nankai