This is from deceze, but what is the counter used for doors. Is it 枚(mai) or something else?
asked Jun 5, 2011 at 14:21
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Looks like 枚 or 本 is ok, but I never heard of that myself.– YOUJun 5, 2011 at 14:39
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According to this page, it's 一枚、一本 (いちまい, いっぽん). Found it under 戸 (と).
answered Jun 5, 2011 at 15:08
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4I would use 一枚. In fact, I did not know that a door can be counted as 一本. Jun 5, 2011 at 16:07
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That site seems to fall back on 一本 for a few things which aren't cylindrical (e.g. 大仏). Maybe they were talking about revolving doors? Jun 5, 2011 at 16:14
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2@nevan: (1) I think that the website states 大仏 is counted as 一体. But I started to be a little worried about the correctness of the website, seeing that it shows the pronunciation of 大仏 as たいぶつ while the correct pronunciation is だいぶつ. (2) I would not count revolving doors as 一本 either, but it is hard to say how to count them because I have never encountered the situation where I have to count them. Jun 5, 2011 at 16:22
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1Note that 戸 itself is actually a counter, but is mostly (only?) used to count number of houses. The same way "three doors down" actually means "3 houses down" or "3 rooms down" in English.– istrasciJun 5, 2011 at 18:09