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How do I ask questions like this? "What is the counter word for umbrellas?"

How do I give answers like this? "The counter word for umbrellas is 本."
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What is the Japanese word for "counter" and how do I ask questions with it?
"Counter" "counter word" is [助数詞]{じょすうし}, but when you ask and respond to
"What is the counter word for XX?" you'd usually say like...

> 「傘は何で数えますか？」  
>  ( _lit._ Do you count umbrellas with what?)  
>  --「（傘は）『本』で数えます。」
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> 「傘はなんて/どうやって/どのように/どんなふうに/どういうふうに数えますか？」  
>  ( _lit._ How do you count umbrellas?)  
>  --「（傘は）『一本、二本』と数えます。」
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> 「傘の数え方は？」 (informal)  
>  ( _lit._ The way of counting umbrellas is?)  
>  --「（傘の数え方は、）『一本、二本』です。」

(You _could_ ask 傘の助数詞は何ですか？ _lit._ "What's the counter word of umbrellas?",
but it's not very common to use the term 助数詞 in daily/normal conversation...)
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The term people would use in ordinary conversation is [単位]{たんい｝ (unit of
measurement).

> 傘は何という単位で数えますか。
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