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The way they slapped chinese systems onto some and kept their own system for others is awkward, sure.
But that's like complaining the word "is" doesn't convey information.
>>70126022
Japanese nouns don't have singular/plural at all.
水一杯 水二杯 or literally water 1 cup water 2 cup. You need the counter to specify what that number is referring to, just like you need the "loaves of" or "slices of" to differentiate how much bread you want.

There is a logic to it, albeit a very autistic one.
also did you mean 1 pint or did you want to go for a pint later?

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