Counting people crossing the Sydney Harbour Bridge

Counting on one hand

How to count on one hand Japanese style:

As you can see, 0 and 10, 1 and 9, 2 and 8, 3 and 7, 4 and 6 are the same. However, as you count in front of someone, you and they can see that the higher numbers are “on the way back”, so obviously different. Don’t worry: it works!

Correct ただしい tadashii

With every stroke you add one. Every complete character means five, so everything or everyone is counted in lots of five.

Normally 正 means ‘correct’.

correct oral care to master!

tadashii ōraru kea o masutaa!

The tadashii counting is no different from our stick counting.

And the final word on the matter…

Yeah… quite correct!

Counting all those "other things"

Counting bottles

Counting cups of something

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