Illustration: In the bicycle parking area beside an apartment building, a caretaker counts three complete bicycles standing separately in a neat row. Their pointing hand indicates the final bicycle while the other hand holds up three fingers. A resident beside them follows the count with an attentive gaze.

JLPT N3counterLevel estimated by Bebop

台だい

dai

counter for machines and vehicles

Example sentences

  1. 車くるまを何なん台だいお持もちですか。

    How many cars do you have?

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  2. 家いえにはテレビが２台だいある。

    We have two television sets.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 僕ぼくは車くるまを２台だい持もっている。

    I have two cars.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 台

  • 台pedestal; a standOnダイ・タイKunうてな・われ・つかさ

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