複数. Words or grammatical constructs that express multiplicity.
See also
- 複数 on Japanese Wikipedia
Questions tagged [plurals]
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What's the standard for making plurals of Japanese words in English?
There's the movie "Seven Samurai", which would sound strange as "Seven Samurais", but in the news you often read about "hundreds of tsunamis". Some people say they know 500 kanjis, but I've always thought 500 kanji sounded more correct. Is there any…
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Indicate more than one?
I want to say "I love my cats," but I don't know how to convey more than one.
I've come up with 「私は私の猫大好きです」but I don't know what to do to indicate I have more than one cat.
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"この" vs "こちらの" with regard to implied plurality
この
この文型{ぶんけい}は文{ぶん}の作{つく}り方{かた}を示{しめ}している。
こちら
こちらの文型は文の作り方を示している。
In all contexts, "この文型..." refers to just one grammatical pattern?
"こちらの文型..." might refer to one grammatical pattern, or possibly a list of grammatical patterns (context…
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Would this be plural or singular?
In a sentence like 白と黒の犬がいます, would it be saying, "There is a black dog and a white dog," or, "There is one black and white dog"?
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