I'm writing a skit but I need a counter for bowls of ramen. ひとつ ふたつ somehow
sounds weird. Is there a counter for bowls?
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counters food
Counter for bowls of ramen?
Quote from [数え方の辞典](http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4095052015/) (which I have
introduced here
[before](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/9714/why-are-movies-
video-clips-counted-with-%E6%9C%AC/9718#9718)):

> ラーメン（拉麺）
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> 数え方：本、杯（はい）、丁（ちょう）、玉（たま）
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> スープ・具・麺（めん）を椀（わん）や丼に盛ると「杯」で数えます。飲食店で注文を受け、景気付けに店員が「ラーメン一丁」のように「丁」で注文を数えることがあります。ばらばらの麺は「本」、1食分の麺の分量は「玉」で表します。
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How significant is it when a Japanese learner says a word or phrase sounds
weird? ひとつ、ふたつ、みっつ, etc. is by far the most often used way of ordering ramen
in a restaurant.

玉 is the counter for the noodle part of a ramen, not for the entire bowl of
ramen with noodles, soup, toppings, etc.

杯 is the counter for the whole thing --- noodles, soup and toppings. Some
people use this counter for ordering ramen but it is much less common to do so
than to use ひとつ、ふたつ、みっつ.

丁 is the counter almost exclusively used by the waiter/waitress to tell the
kitchen how many ramen has just been ordered.

本 is almost irrelevant to the original question because it is only used to
count the strands of noodle.
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