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How do you count flowers in Japanese?

I seem to recall it was something like ichirin -- is rin the counter for flowers? And, flowers together what do you call it tsuba?
束　花束？　taba...that is what I want to say

Yes, you are correct. We count flowers ichi-rin, ni-rin, san-rin....

Flowers together are counted "taba". In English it would be like batch or bundle.

But, here's some tricky thing about counting in Japanese. You don't say ichi-taba, ni-taba....(people would understand what you want to mean...) You count hito-taba, futa-taba, mi-taba (or san-taba) and the rest are as you know, yon, go, roku...

I don't know if there is logical rule whether you say ichi, ni, san or hito, futa, mi....I give you some examples where you use hito, futa, mi.

Counting people: hito-ri, futa-ri, san-nin, yo-nin (I just realize you don't say mi-ri...)
Counting length by fathoms: hito-hiro, futa-hiro, mi-hiro, yon-hiro, go-hiro...
Counting by handful: hito-tsukami, futa-tsukami, mi-tsukami(or san tsukami) yon-tsukami....
Counting pieces: hito-tsu, futa-tsu, mi-ttsu (yes, double T) yo-ttsu, itsu-tsu, mu-ttsu, nana-tsu, ya-ttsu, kokono-tsu, too (toh) you don't add tsu when you count 10.

It is complicated, but don't worry. Many native Japanese make mistake how to count too. :p

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