gS THE NUMERAL.
IF l6o. EXAMPLES OF THE USE OF THE AUXILIARY NUMERALS.
TT 7 . . , . . One sheet of (a certain com-
Hansin ichi-inai. , , V,
mon kind of) paper.
Uta is-slni. One (Japanese) poem.
K a garni ichi-inai. One mirror.
Ko-gatana ni-cho. Two pen-knives.
Fude sam-bon. Three pens.
Hon go-satsu. Five volumes. (7/ow = book.)
Tera shlclii-ken. Seven Buddhist temples.
Gunkan jis-so. Ten war-vessels.
Ushi hyap-piki.
Ushi hyaku-to. )
i f A thousand sparrows (in
Snznmc scm-ba. natme) .
Sem-ba suzume. A thousand sparrows (in art).
IcJii-niui-biki no kitnnnn. f A jinrikisha with one
One-jtci-soH-jfti/l of vehicle
Iclii-nin-nori no kurniiia. ( A jinrikisha capable of Onc-persoH-ritif of vehicle - ( holding one person only.
Ni-nin-nori no kuruma. f A jinrikisha capable of
TKO-pe,*on-ii<ie of vehicle ' ( holding tWO persons.
Ni-to-biki no basJia. | A carriage with two
Vwo-heail-yull of carriage l hoi'SCS
Tsugi no ma kara isn
JTerl of room front, chair} j ust bring in three
r,, S "^X% fc ,7,f chairs from the next motte koi. j room.
carri/iitff route
(Said to one's own servant.)
Ara ! ip-piki no mushi
oh! one-j>ieccy of in*cct I say! there are two wo ko-tori ga ni-wa little birds fighting over
fnf _ an i nseC t, and pulling it
V t0 backwards and forwards shite orimasii. between them.
