Illustration: At a low table in a Japanese after-school club, a child counts a mixed collection of small objects into separate cups of a sorting tray. An eraser, a marble, and a wooden block already occupy individual cups, while the child lowers a walnut into the next one.

JLPT N5counterLevel estimated by Bebop

個こ

ko

counter for small things

Example sentences

  1. リンゴは何なん個こあるの？

    How many apples are there?

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  2. ドーナツを３個こ食たべたよ。

    I ate three donuts.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 卵たまご１０個こ、買かってきたよ。

    I bought ten eggs.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 個

  • 個individual; counter for articlesOnコ・カ

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