Illustration: At a low table in a Japanese apartment, a child counts six chestnuts arranged in a single loose row. One index finger touches the fourth chestnut while four fingers of the other hand stand raised. The three already checked are slightly separated from the rest, preserving the order of the count.

JLPT N4verbLevel estimated by Bebop

数かぞえる

kazoeru

to count

Example sentences

  1. あの子こは20まで数かぞえられる。

    That child can count to twenty.

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  2. 人数にんずうを数かぞえてます。

    I’m counting the number of people.

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  3. 30まで数かぞえなさい。

    Count up to thirty.

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Kanji in 数

  • 数number; strengthOnスウ・ス・サクKunかず・かぞえる・しばしば

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