Japanese Numeratives (Classifiers): Asako Iida

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A helpful hint for studying Japanese numeratives (classifiers or "kazoekata")

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Updated October, 2009

How do Japanese native speakers choose the best numeratives to count things?
Learn MORE in English.

How many Numeratives can you Guess?
Surprisingly, there are more than 600 kinds of numeratives (classifiers) in Japanese.
Here are some examples of counting items
generally required for Japanese elementary school kids.
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Publications

Exhaustive Lists of Countable Nouns
It covers about 4,600 countable items in Japanese.
Detailed Explanations and Examples
It introduces more than 600 numeratives used in modern Japanese with model sentences. [read more]

Picture encyclopedia of Numeratives
This is a beautiful set of picture books with six volumes, mainly edited for Japanese school kids.
Also recommended to Japanese learners from beginners.
Each volume has its theme, which tells you how to count things with appropriate numeratives. [ see more ]

Know the systems of Japanese Language with Numeratives
How many Numeratives are there in modern Japanese? Who can cover them?
Ten effective exercises for better use of Numeratives [more in Japanese]

Kazoekata mo Hitoshio
(Essay works regarding Japanese Numeratives)

225 pages, 1,050 yen (US$11.00) + tax
(c) Asako Iida 2005
Printed in Japan ISBN 4-09-387601-0
Shogakukan Inc., Tokyo, Japan
availalbe at major online bookstores

Naruhodo Nihongo-Juku
(A Special Lesson for Giving Insights in Japanese) Textbook of NHK TV program (November, 2005)

151 pages each 683 yen tax inclu.
Printed in Japan, Textbook
NHK Publishing Inc., Tokyo, Japan
may available at NHK online bookshop

New The Subliminal Effect of Numbers
(Why do we have our favorite numbers?)
introduction in Japanese version

225 pages, 750 yen (US$8.00) + tax
(c) Asako Iida 2008
Printed in Japan ISBN 978-4-09-387766-4
Shogakukan Inc.., Tokyo, Japan
availalbe at major online bookstores