Counting is perhaps one of the most maddening aspects of Japanese grammar for learners of the language. This is because there is no simple, systematic way of doing so in Japanese like there is in English. After all, if you want to count dogs in English, simply put the appropriate number in front of the word "dog" and add the enclitic "s" to it: five dogs, for example. You can do this with any count noun in English. In order to count individual parts of non-count nouns in English, pick an appropriate measure and count those instead: five drops of water. However, Japanese treats all nouns the...