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A general-purpose native-Japanese counter attached to the numerals ひと-, ふた-, み-, etc., used for counting items (typically 1–9).

CounterUsually Kana

Examples

りんごをふたつください。

Please give me two apples.

ケーキをみっつに切って分けた。

I cut the cake into three pieces and shared them.

お椀がいくつ必要ですか? — ひとつでいいです。

How many bowls do you need? — Just one is fine.

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A way of expressing age (mainly for small children) using the 〜つ counter (e.g., ふたつ = two years old).

CounterUsually Kana

Examples

うちの子は今年で三つになります。

Our child will be three years old this year.

姪がふたつになったから、お祝いをした。

My niece turned two, so we celebrated.