When looking at counter words, there seems to be a part that has a number, and
a part that stays more or less the same. For example, the counter words for
hours of a day are ichi-ji, ni-ji, san-ji. What's the term for the ichi/ni/san
part, and what's the term for the "ji" part?
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counters terminology
Are most counter words made up of two parts? What are those two parts called?
After a bit of poking around, it looks like you're looking for 「[数]{かず}」 and
[「[助数詞]{じょすうし}」](http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8A%A9%E6%95%B0%E8%A9%9E).
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The first part is called 基数詞 (cardinal number) or (as pointed out by Tsuyoshi
Ito) 数詞 (numeral). The second part is called (as Ignacio correctly notes) 助数詞
(classifier). Cf.
[Wikipedia](http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%95%B0%E8%A9%9E).
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