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JLPT N5:

per

Gives a rate or frequency: "X times per Y".

How to form it

  • Put に after the unit of time or quantity, then give the number: 週(しゅう)に三回(さんかい) (three times a week), 一日(いちにち)に二回(にかい) (twice a day).
  • The phrase usually comes before the verb: 週(しゅう)に三回(さんかい)運動(うんどう)します.

Examples

週(しゅう)に三回(さんかい)、ジムに行(い)きます。

I go to the gym three times a week.

一日(いちにち)に二回(にかい)、薬(くすり)を飲(の)んでください。

Please take the medicine twice a day.

Notes

  • In short phrases に is often left out: 一日(いちにち)三回(さんかい).

Common mistakes

  • Putting the count first. Say 週(しゅう)に三回(さんかい), not 三回(さんかい)に週(しゅう).