No. 217 in Japanese
個
A counter for individual objects or items.
In a sentence
私は3個のりんごを持っています。
I have three apples.
個 is used here as a counter for individual items, in this case, apples.
このパズルは難しい個が多いです。
This puzzle has many difficult pieces.
個 here is used to describe parts or pieces in a collective sense, highlighting their difficulty.
小さな個本のように見える飾りが棚に並んでいます。
Decorations resembling small individual books are lined up on the shelf.
個 is applied metaphorically to describe the individuality of small, distinct objects.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “個” in actual Japanese podcasts.
Find “個” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Japanese podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into 日本語, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Japanese books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).