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Let’s learn how to count nights to stay in Japanese.
Counter: 泊(はく/haku, ぱく/paku)
It is used when you count nights to stay.
English | Kana | Kana + Kanji | Romaji | Romaji (with space) |
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one | いっぱく | 一泊 | ippaku | i p pa ku |
two | にはく | 二泊 | nihaku | ni ha ku |
three | さんぱく | 三泊 | sanpaku | sa n pa ku |
four | よんはく | 四泊 | yonhaku | yo n ha ku |
five | ごはく | 五泊 | gohaku | go ha ku |
six | ろっぱく | 六泊 | roppaku | ro p pa ku |
seven | ななはく | 七泊 | nanahaku | na na ha ku |
eight | はっぱく | 八泊 | happaku | ha p pa ku |
nine | きゅうはく | 九泊 | kyuuhaku | kyu u ha ku |
ten | じゅっぱく | 十泊 | juppaku | ju p pa ku |
Kanji characters in yellow are Basic 200 Kanji. Make sure you can write them.
Example
This is how you use the counter in a sentence.
れい
English | I am going to Okinawa during the next holidays. That will be a three day trip. |
Kana | こんどの やすみに にはくみっかで おきなわに いきます。 |
Kana + Kanji | 今度の 休みに 二泊三日で 沖縄に 行きます。 |
Romaji | kondono yasumini nihakumikkade okinawani ikimasu. |
Romaji (with space) | ko n do no / ya su mi ni / ni ha ku mi k ka de / o ki na wa ni / i ki ma su. |
Kanji characters in yellow are Basic 200 Kanji. Make sure you can write them.
できる子
二泊三日(にはくみっか)is a common way to say ‘three day trip’.
Example
English | I decided to stay at a hotel for a night because it was too late to catch a train to go home. |
Kana | きょうは おそくなって でんしゃが ないから ホテルで いっぱくする ことにした。 |
Kana + Kanji | 今日は おそくなって 電車が ないから ホテルで 一泊する ことにした。 |
Romaji | kyouwa osokunatte denshaga naikara hoterude ippakusuru kotonishita |
Romaji (with space) | kyo u wa / o so ku na t te / de n sha ga / na i ka ra / ho te ru de / i p pa ku su ru / ko to ni shi ta |
Kanji characters in yellow are Basic 200 Kanji. Make sure you can write them.
がんばる子
一泊する means ‘to stay one night’.