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「イスラム国」の発表によると、建国からの３年間にリリースされたメディアは音声メッセージ１６７０本、ビデオ２８８０本、テキスト４５４０本、フォトリポート３２１４０本の合計４万１２３０本です。 本が細く長いものを指すのじゃないか？ なぜここで本を使いますか？

こんにちは！ How do we use counters with the following? like in: -dates For example: I only had 3 dates during the past month. どうもありがとうございます。

こんにちは！ How do we use counters with the following? like in: -calls For example: There were 5 unanswered calls on my phone. どうもありがとうございます。

こんにちは！ How do we use counters with the following? like in: -exams For example: I have three exams/test this week. どうもありがとうございます。

In japanese, if one uses counters (mai, bon, hiki, nin...) for everything, or using hitotsu, futatsu type counting, how do you differentiate between what type of small animal it is, or what type of flat object? What are some ways to do this in a normal conversation?

Hi. Another example from Rosetta Stone. 8 eggs. Is this simply two different ways to say the same thing?

Hola, cuál sería la mejor traducción al castellano de "run counter to"? Gracias.

Hi! This time, my question is about one of the toughest challenge in learning Japanese....that is, "how to read chinese character used in Japan" I'm always mixed up with reading 'chinese character' used in Japan. My rough attempt to read ２歳 is にさい. But I'm not sure it's right.

I am reading through a story and it is saying there is one crab and it uses ぴき instead of ひき. I couldnt find piki in my dictionary, but I did find hiki after searching around of google. Was the use of "piki" instead "hiki" an accident or does piki actually exist for counting small animals such...