AUXILIARY NUMERALS.
97
(ichi-mei, ni-)mei,
(ichi-men, ni-)men,
(ichi-nin, ni-^nin, (is-satsu, ni-)satsu,
(ichi-mai, ni-)mai, " a shrub ; " for flat things, such as sheets of paper, coins, plates, coats, shirts, rugs, etc.
"a name;" for human beings. This word met is somewhat bookish ; nin is more genuinely colloquial.
"a surface;" for mirrors and framed pictures (Jap. gaku].
- ' a person ; " for human beings.
"a volume;" for volumes of a book. Do not confound satsii with bu, which latter refers to complete copies of a work, irre- spective of the number of volumes contained in it.
" a head ; " for poems.
" a boat ; " for boats and ships of
every description.
" a foot ; " for pairs of socks, clogs and boots.
"a head; forsome few quadrupeds, such as horses and cattle. But it is safer to use hiki in all cases.
" a feather; "for birds. This word suffers irregularphonetic changes, thus :
(is-shu, ni-)shu, (is-so, ni-)so,
(is-soku, ni-)soku, (it-to, ni-)to,
(ichi-wa, ni-)wa,
3 sani-ba, 4 shi-wa, 5 go-wa, 6 rop-pa, 7 shlcld-wciy 8 hachi-wa, 9 ku-wa, 10 jip-pa-
