冊|さつsatsu[0]heiban (flat)

1. countercounter for books
   ポール、8冊さつまでなら借かりられるからね。↗

   Paul, we can borrow up to 8 books.

   太郎たろうは何なん冊さつかの英会話えいかいわテキストをロンドンに注文ちゅうもんした。↗

   Taro ordered some English conversation textbooks from London.
2. nounvolume

• Synonym本ほんNeutralNeutral: the book itself, where 「冊」 counts books; 「本」 is also a counter for long slender objects. The most common word in everyday use.
• Related編へんWrittenWritten/formal: a division of a text by theme or content, as in 「前編」; it names parts of a work, while 「冊」 counts books.
• Related巻まきNeutralNeutral: a scroll, or one volume in a series, as in 「第一巻」; it marks how a work is split into volumes, not a count of books.

Count books with 「冊」, as in 「三冊の本」. Use 「編」 for parts of a text like 「前編」, 「巻」 for a volume in a series like 「第一巻」, and 「本」 for the book itself — the everyday word.

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1. (さつ) 本ほん、雑誌ざっし、帳面ちょうめんなど、とじてあるものを数かぞえるのに用もちいる。