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As you probably already know, Japanese counters are difficult. Trust me, they are even more so for the computers. So sometimes the word you are searching for does not show up. Or maybe you are a native speaker, and laughed at a clearly wrong counter or reading for it. Luckily, this is all digital and we can easily fix them, but to do that, we need you.

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Version history
1.097
First major update to the kazoekata.jp, adding counter reverse search and counter commonness indicator to the UI, and improving search performance. Also includes some fixes to the UI in smaller screens.
0.301
This is the initial version of kazoekata.jp, with limited functionality and use. In other words, still a lot of work to do, especially in the rōmaji reading generation logic (automatic Japanese is difficult). The counters for this initial database were gathered from all across the web, especially from Tofugu.com and Sanabo.com. Your feedback is welcome.

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