How to Count Living Things (and Monsters, and Robots) in Japanese
The Tofugu Podcast: Japan and Japanese Language
English - January 08, 2019 15:12 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 470 ratingsEducation Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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We talk about the counters that count living things (頭, 匹, 人, and 羽) and how they overlap with each other.
We also answer the hard Japanese counter questions like: can you count a robot with 人? What about a cyborg? How big can a 匹 animal be? What counter is worthy of the King of the Monsters?
After you're done listening to this, learn way, way more about counters in our list of 350+ Japanese counters worth knowing: https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/japanese-counters-list/