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It sounds like "toe", but again, don't let the "oe" slip towards a "w" sound.
This is the only number in the system that doesn't have the つ at the end.
It may seem complicated, but if you remember these, you can count practically any item and Japanese people will understand. It is much easier than learning all the different counters.
Why does Japanese have two counting systems? In a nutshell, the first system's pronunciations are based off Chinese (音読み on'yomi "Chinese reading"), since the Japanese borrowed their kanji (ideographic, or idea-expressing, characters) from the Chinese language centuries ago. The second system is derived from the native Japanese words (訓読み kun'yomi "Japanese reading") for numbers. In modern Japanese, most kanji have both an on'yomi and a kun'yomi - and often more than one - and both readings are used depending on the (grammatical) situation.
Bi = Tail or Tailed, Tails
Some info for those who don't speak or write Japanese :ice:
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It sounds like "toe", but again, don't let the "oe" slip towards a "w" sound.
This is the only number in the system that doesn't have the つ at the end.
It may seem complicated, but if you remember these, you can count practically any item and Japanese people will understand. It is much easier than learning all the different counters.
Why does Japanese have two counting systems? In a nutshell, the first system's pronunciations are based off Chinese (音読み on'yomi "Chinese reading"), since the Japanese borrowed their kanji (ideographic, or idea-expressing, characters) from the Chinese language centuries ago. The second system is derived from the native Japanese words (訓読み kun'yomi "Japanese reading") for numbers. In modern Japanese, most kanji have both an on'yomi and a kun'yomi - and often more than one - and both readings are used depending on the (grammatical) situation.
Bi = Tail or Tailed, Tails
Some info for those who don't speak or write Japanese :ice:
