How to count the word 言葉?


So if I'm trying to say "I found more than 50 unfamiliar words" how would I
count words?

My attempt: 意味の分からない言葉を50回も初めて見た。

As you can see, I counted how many times I saw an unfamiliar word, rather than
the words themselves. Is my sentence okay, and can anyone tell me the word to
count more than ten words?

PS Sorry if this is a dumb question, it's my first time. This website seems
really sophisticated and I do not want to bug my Japanese friends. Google
searching wasn't helping me much, either.




「言葉」is more like "language" or "phrase". If you want to talk about individual
words, a better term is 「単語{たんご}」. Furthermore, the counter for words is
「語{ご}」.

So, one way you could say what you're trying to say would be:

知{し}らない単語{たんご}を50語{ご}以上{いじょう}見{み}つけました。

(「以上」means "more than". )

Hope that helps.




「言葉」is more like "language" or "phrase". If you want to talk about individual
words, a better term is 「単語{たんご}」. Furthermore, the counter for words is
「語{ご}」.

So, one way you could say what you're trying to say would be:

知{し}らない単語{たんご}を50語{ご}以上{いじょう}見{み}つけました。

(「以上」means "more than". )

Hope that helps.

