• What are the pros and cons of having individual counters?

Having lots of individual counters also means memorizing lots of these counters. It can be confusing. However, it allows a way to express plurality.

• Discuss 5 different counters from the 350 Japanese Counters article

1. ほん – counter for long stick-shaped things.
2. わ – counter for things with wings (birds).
3. えん – counter for money.
4. あく – counter for powder, rice, sand.
5. え – counter for overlapping things (doubling, tripling, etc.)

• What is a counter that you wish existed in English? How does it work?

I wish there was also a counter for long stick-shaped things. You could add “stick” to the end of the counter number. For example, if I wanted 3 pencils – “can I have 3 stick pencils”.

Amazing.