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APPENDIX 6 685

Appendix 6 More Counters

The following chart lists additional counters that are not listed in Appendix 6B
of DBJG (604-07). (Although the counters given in parenthesis are the same as
the ones given in DBJG, they are repeated here for your convenience.)
t *For native Japanese numerals and Sino-Japanese numerals, see DBJG
(602-03).
h/rCL,
i *Except in Item 59 (+&), "7" sounds more natural when it is pronounced
[nana] rather than [shichi]
Type A: No phonetic change takes pla:?, e;~~h~r/rinrth~ Si$oJ,apanese num-
ber or in the counter. (Exs. &, G, %, b, B, a, T&)

me A': Exactly the same as Type A except than number 4 is pronounced
c *L ah
yo not yon. (EXS. &, RW, +)
Type A": Exactly the same as Type A except that numbers 4,1;! and 9 are
pronounced shi, shichi and ku, respectively. (Ex. 'name of
the month')
me A"': Exactly the same as Type A except that the initial sou$ of the
counter with number 3 changes from wa to ba. (Ex. 'bird')

me B: The counter starts with the sound of h- but changes to p- after 1,
3,6, 8 and 10 as f?!',":;: ,l,[ipp-1, 3 [sanb-],6 [ropp-1, 8 [happ-1,
10 [jipp-I. (Exs. $,?F, E)
Type B': Exactly the same as Type B except that the initiaJ sound of the
counter with number 3 is not b- but p-. (Ex. rB 'stay (over-
night)')
Type C: When the counter starts with the sound of k- the last sound of the
number changes for 1, 6, 8 and 10 as fo1l;ws: IfYM-],,6 [mkk-1,
8 [hakk- / hachik-] and 10 [jikk-1. (Exs. 8, m, a, &, @)

Type Cr: Exactly the same as Type C except that the initial szynd of the
counter with number 3 can be either k- or g-. (Ex. B)