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冊 satsu

Counts books and magazines

For bound things: books, magazines, notebooks and comics.

Use it for

Counting from one to ten

Highlighted forms change their sound, so learn them by heart.

NumberReadingRomaji
1 いっさつ issatsu
2 にさつ nisatsu
3 さんさつ sansatsu
4 よんさつ yonsatsu
5 ごさつ gosatsu
6 ろくさつ rokusatsu
7 ななさつ nanasatsu
8 はっさつ hassatsu
9 きゅうさつ kyūsatsu
10 じゅっさつ or じっさつ jussatsu / jissatsu
How many? なんさつ nansatsu

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