Japanese numeral classifiers

Japanese counts with a classifier suffixed to the numeral and chosen by the semantics of the noun: -nin for people, -hiki for small animals, -hon for long thin things, -mai for flat ones, -satsu for bound volumes. The native -tsu has no meaning of its own and serves as the residue and default classifier for inanimates, and the Sino-Japanese -ko, also a residue classifier, counts smallish concrete inanimates. Downing's questionnaire gives the inventory below, the classifiers all or most of the respondents used, to which Sudo's -kumi 'pair' and -daasu 'dozen', which count non-atomic individuals, are added. The two ken are told apart by their characters. Allomorphy (ippon, sanbon, roppon) and the native and Sino-Japanese numeral series are not recorded.

Main definitions

• Japanese.Classifiers.classifiers — the classifiers entered here

Which nouns each classifier counts is recorded on the nouns (Japanese.Nouns).

References

• [Dow96]
• [Sud16]
• [Aik00]

def Japanese.Classifiers.tsu : Classifier

-tsu つ, the general classifier of inanimates.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.tsu = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "tsu", script := some "つ" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.nin : Classifier

-nin 人, persons.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.nin = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "nin", script := some "人" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.mei : Classifier

-mei 名, persons, formal.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.mei = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "mei", script := some "名" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.hiki : Classifier

-hiki 匹, small animals.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.hiki = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "hiki", script := some "匹" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.tou : Classifier

-tō 頭, large animals.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.tou = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "tō", script := some "頭" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.hon : Classifier

-hon 本, long thin things.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.hon = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "hon", script := some "本" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.mai : Classifier

-mai 枚, flat thin things.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.mai = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "mai", script := some "枚" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.ko : Classifier

-ko 個, smallish concrete inanimates.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.ko = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "ko", script := some "個" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.satsu : Classifier

-satsu 冊, bound volumes.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.satsu = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "satsu", script := some "冊" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.tsubu : Classifier

-tsubu 粒, grains.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.tsubu = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "tsubu", script := some "粒" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.dai : Classifier

-dai 台, furniture, machines, and land and air vehicles.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.dai = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "dai", script := some "台" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.kenBuilding : Classifier

-ken 軒, buildings.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.kenBuilding = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "ken", script := some "軒" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.kenIncident : Classifier

-ken 件, incidents and matters.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.kenIncident = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "ken", script := some "件" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.ki : Classifier

-ki 機, aircraft.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.ki = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "ki", script := some "機" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.ku : Classifier

-ku 句, verses.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.ku = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "ku", script := some "句" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.kyoku : Classifier

-kyoku 曲, pieces of music.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.kyoku = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "kyoku", script := some "曲" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.mon : Classifier

-mon 問, questions.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.mon = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "mon", script := some "問" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.mune : Classifier

-mune 棟, buildings, by the ridge of the roof.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.mune = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "mune", script := some "棟" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.seki : Classifier

-seki 隻, large boats.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.seki = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "seki", script := some "隻" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.soku : Classifier

-soku 足, pairs of footwear.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.soku = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "soku", script := some "足" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.soo : Classifier

-sō 艘, small boats.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.soo = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "sō", script := some "艘" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.ten : Classifier

-ten 点, points and items.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.ten = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "ten", script := some "点" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.toori : Classifier

-tōri 通り, methods and ways.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.toori = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "tōri", script := some "通り" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.tsuu : Classifier

-tsū 通, letters and documents.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.tsuu = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "tsū", script := some "通" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.kabu : Classifier

-kabu 株, rooted plants.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.kabu = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "kabu", script := some "株" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.shoku : Classifier

-shoku 食, meals.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.shoku = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "shoku", script := some "食" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.teki : Classifier

-teki 滴, drops.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.teki = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "teki", script := some "滴" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.sao : Classifier

-sao 棹, chests, flags and stick-shaped sweets.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.sao = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "sao", script := some "棹" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.wa : Classifier

-wa 羽, birds.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.wa = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "wa", script := some "羽" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.furi : Classifier

-furi 振, swords.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.furi = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "furi", script := some "振" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.zen : Classifier

-zen 膳, trays and pairs of chopsticks, and the bowls of rice that go with them.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.zen = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "zen", script := some "膳" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.kyaku : Classifier

-kyaku 脚, furniture with legs.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.kyaku = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "kyaku", script := some "脚" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.rin : Classifier

-rin 輪, flowers.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.rin = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "rin", script := some "輪" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.kumi : Classifier

-kumi 組, pairs.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.kumi = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "kumi", script := some "組" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.daasu : Classifier

-dāsu ダース, dozens.

Equations

• Japanese.Classifiers.daasu = { toMorph := Morphology.Morph.suff "dāsu", script := some "ダース" }

def Japanese.Classifiers.classifiers : Finset Classifier

The classifiers.

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