GUIDED PATH · PHASE 5
Guided Japanese Course
A mastery path for complete beginners and technology professionals.
HOW THIS COURSE WORKS
Follow the path. Advance by mastery.
The primary path tells you what to do next. You can still open any available lesson, but completion is based on checkpoints rather than calendar days.
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Tracks 0–10
TRACK 9 · 9-2
Counters: Count the Right Kind of Thing
Use high-frequency counters and understand the number + counter architecture.
- Numbers through large values.
Japanese counting changes with the type of object: people, flat items, machines, occurrences, books, and general items.
1. A counter classifies what is being counted
Think NUMBER + COUNTER, often with sound changes.
2. Count things you actually encounter
Study the examples and identify the structural pattern before relying on the English translation.
Natural: There are three servers.
Structure: server — three machines — exist
台 for machines.
Natural: I printed two sheets/documents.
Structure: document — two flat items — printed
枚.
Natural: I tested three times.
Structure: three occurrences — tested
回.
3. Counter phrases often sit near the verb
資料を三枚読みました is a useful beginner pattern. Do not force English word order onto the Japanese sentence.
4. Counter inventory worksheet
Count a fictional office, desk, test run, and bookshelf.
INTERACTIVE WORKSHEET
4. Counter inventory worksheet
Write 20 quantities using at least 人, 枚, 台, 回, 冊, and つ. Circle irregular readings.
Tip: on a foldable or tablet, use your pen directly on the page. Your strokes are saved in this browser as you work.
4. Counter inventory worksheet
Write 20 quantities using at least 人, 枚, 台, 回, 冊, and つ. Circle irregular readings.
5. Drill irregular readings selectively
Counters are a good target for focused recall.
Japanese Adaptive Recall
Why here: Counter irregularities need retrieval more than rereading.
How to use it for this lesson: Add only the readings you miss, especially 一人/二人 and sound-change counters.
Review counter readings →Kotoba Fishing
Why here: Fast number/counter recognition benefits from short retrieval rounds.
How to use it for this lesson: Use it after the written sheet, not before, so recognition follows production.
Reinforce quantity vocabulary →Mastery checkpoint
Answer from memory. Repair the exact form or perspective error behind any miss.
