六本(ろっぽん)

ろっぽん
noun
six (long, thin objects)
quantitynumber
1. six (long, thin objects)
A count of six items using the counter 本(ほん), which applies to long, thin objects such as pens, bottles, sticks, trees, films, calls, and roads.
ビールを六本(ろっぽん)買(か)った。
I bought six bottles of beer.
ペンが机(つくえ)の上(うえ)に六本(ろっぽん)並(なら)んでいる。
Six pens are lined up on the desk.
家(いえ)の周(まわ)りには大(おお)きな松(まつ)の木(き)が六本(ろっぽん)植(う)えられている。
There are six large pine trees planted around the house.

六(ろく) (six) + 本(ほん) (counter for long, thin items), with sokuon and the regular 本(ぽん) → 本(ぽん) change yielding ろっぽん.

SOUND CHANGES WITH 本(ほん):

  • 一本(いっぽん), 二本(にほん), 三本(さんぼん), 四本(よんほん), 五本(ごほん), 六本(ろっぽん), 七本(ななほん), 八本(はっぽん), 九本(きゅうほん), 十本(じゅっぽん) / 十本(じっぽん)

The ぽん/ぼん/ほん alternation follows the same pattern as other counters using 本(ほん).

Usage

Note: 六本木(ろっぽんぎ) (Roppongi, a district in Tokyo) literally means 'six trees' and uses this same counter.

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Added 2026.5.15 13:12 · Revised 2026.10.5 11:10
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