Counting small animal in Japanese

In Japanese counting system, there is a counting system for small animals i.e. goldfish, hamsters, cats or dogs etc. On today’s lesson lets look at them.

Note that, above counting method is only for small animals such as cats, dogs, small fishes, hamsters etc., however, there are exceptions i.e. Rabbits, birds, bats etc are counted using different counting method: わ (wa) – 羽.

For large animals such as cows, horses, deer, tigers etc, the counting method is done by とう (tou) – 頭.

Hope this lesson helped you understanding Japanese counting system for small animals. Try to use them whenever you have the chances.