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How can I always use "one" to replace a noun? For example:

```

     - How many items do you have?
     - Fives *ones*.
    
```

Or

```

     - Are there many chinese there?
    
     - Yes, there're many *of them*
     or - Yes, I see many *of them* everyday
     or - Yes, I see *ones* everyday
    
```

Can I always use "no" in this cases?

I know that in some cases "one(s)" can be omitted, but not always.

Are these correct?

```

     - Are there many chinese there?
     - Hai, mainichi takusan NO ga iru
     - Hai, mainichi takusan NO wo miru
    
```
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grammar word-choice nouns
"No" as a word-replacer for "one"
No, they're not. What you have in mind of "no" as "one" is actually a word
that means "one(s) who/which", so does not go well with numbers and
quantifiers.

> 赤いの _akai no_ = one which is red = red one  
>  腐ったの _kusatta no_ = one which has rotten = rotten one  
>  昨日湖で釣ったの _kinou mizuumi de tsutta no_ = one which (I) caught in the lake
> yesterday  
>  5の _go no_ = one which is five ≠ five ones

Instead, you have to use:

  * "[number] one(s)" → _[number]+[appropriate counter]_  
5人 _go-nin_ "five (of people)", 2個 _ni-ko_ "two (of small items)", 4本 _yon-
hon_ "four (of long items)"...

  * "some (a few)" → _nan-[appropriate counter]-ka_  
何人か _nan-nin-ka_ , 何個か _nan-ko-ka_ , 何本か _nan-bon-ka_...

  * "some (a lot)" → _nan-[appropriate counter]-mo_  
何人も _nan-nin-mo_ , 何個も _nan-ko-mo_ , 何本も _nan-bon-mo_...

  * "many, few, a couple of..." → generally conveyed through adverbs  
たくさん _takusan_ , 少し _sukoshi_ , 二三 _ni-san_...

In Japanese, numeral expressions usually stand as adverbs unless you mean "
**the** five ones" etc., thus you shouldn't put any particle.

> go-nin iru  
>  *go-nin ga iru

Therefore,

```

    - How many items do you have?
    - Fives *ones*.
    
```

> 5個 _go-ko_
```

    - Are there many chinese there?
    - Yes, there're many *of them*
    
```

> はい、たくさんいます _hai, takusan imasu_  
>  はい、何人もいます _hai, nannin mo imasu_

**PS**

> はい、毎日たくさん見ます _hai, mainichi takusan mimasu_

is OK, but you can't say 毎日たくさんいます, unless there spawns many new Chinese
everyday.
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