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The Numbers in Japanese!


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Featured Japanese Word(s)!!!!
(The numbers)!

In this lesson, we will study Japanese numbers. Let's start with one through ten.
1 - 10

rei or zero----------------- zero (0)
(Ray-Ee) or (Say-Ro)
ichi ----------------------- One (1)
(Ee-Chee) or (Itchy)
ni ------------------------- Two (2)
(Knee)
san ------------------------ Three (3)
(Sah-nn)
shi or yon ----------------- Four (4)
(She) or (Yawn)
go ------------------------- Five (5)
(Go)
roku ----------------------- Six (6)
(Row-Koo)
nana or shichi ------------- Seven (7)
(Nah-Nah) or (She-Chee)
hachi ---------------------- Eight (8)
(Aah-Chee)
kyuu or ku ----------------- Nine (9)
(Key-Oo) or (Koo)
juu ------------------------ Ten (10)
(Joo)

Note that several of the numbers have two pronunciations. Each pronunciation is used in specific situations. Sometimes either pronunciation is acceptable.
11 - 19

The numbers from 11 to 19 are formed by putting the appropriate number after ten. Thus 11 is juu + ichi = juuichi.

juu-ichi ------------------- Eleven (11)
(Joo-itchy)
juu-ni --------------------- Twelve (12)
(Joo-Knee)
juu-san -------------------- Thirteen (13)
(Joo-Sah-nn)
juu-shi or juu-yon --------- Fourteen (14)
(Joo-She) or (Joo-Yawn)
juu-go --------------------- Fifteen (15)
(Joo-Go)
juu-roku ------------------- Sixteen (16)
(Joo-Row-Koo)
juu-nana or juu-shichi ----- Seventeen (17)
(Joo-Nah-Nah)
juu-hachi ------------------ Eighteen (18)
(Joo-Ah-Chee)
juu-kyuu or juu-ku --------- Nineteen (19)
(Joo-Key-You) or (Joo-Koo)

20 - 90
The numbers from 20 to 90 are formed by putting the appropriate number before ten. Thus 20 is ni + juu = nijuu. Think of it like saying 'two tens.'

ni-juu --------------------- Twenty (20)
(Knee-Joo)
san-juu -------------------- Thirty (30)
(San-Joo)
yon-juu -------------------- Forty (40)
(Yawn-Joo) (NOT shi-juu)
go-juu --------------------- Fifty (50)
(Go-Joo)
roku-juu ------------------- Sixty (60)
(Row-Koo-Joo)
nana-juu ------------------- Seventy (70)
(Nah-Nah-Joo)
hachi-juu ------------------ Eighty (80)
(Ah-Chee-Joo)
kyuu-juu ------------------- Ninety (90)
(Key-You-Joo) (NOT ku-juu)

Other numbers can be formed in ways similar to the 1-19 and 20-90 ways. For example, 21 is formed by making twenty, then adding one. 21 = ni + juu + ichi = nijuuichi. Or, 'two tens and one' is twenty one.


Examples:

san-juu-ni ---------------- Thirty-One (32)
roku-juu-nana ------------- Sixty-Seven (67)
yon-juu-hachi ------------- Forty-Eight (48)
kyuu-juu-ku --------------- Ninety-Nine) (99)

100 - 900
One hundred is hyaku. The numbers from 200 to 900 are formed like the numbers from 20-90. Be careful as there are some exceptions in pronunciation.

Hyaku --------------------- One Hundred (100)
(He-Yah-Koo)
nihyaku ------------------- Two Hundred (200)
(Knee0He-Yah-Koo)
sanbyaku ------------------ Three Hundred (300)*
(San-Be-Yah-Koo)
yonhyaku ------------------ Four Hundred (400)
(Yawn-He-Yah-Joo)
gohyaku ------------------- Five Hundred (500)
(Go-He-Yah-Koo)
roppyaku ------------------ Six Hundred (600)*
(Row-Pp-Yah-Koo)
nanahyaku ----------------- Seven Hundred (700)
(Nah-Nah-He-Yah-Koo)
happyaku ------------------ Eight Hundred (800)*
(Ah-Pp-Yah-Koo)
kyuuhyaku ----------------- Nine Hundred (900)

*Note the exceptions in pronunciation for the numbers with asterisks.

Larger Numbers:

sen ---------------------- Thousand (1,000)
(Sehn)
man ---------------------- Ten Thousand (10,000)
(Man)
juu-man ----------------- Hundred Thousand (100,000)
(Joo-He-Yah-Koo)
hyaku-man --------------- Million (1,000,000)
(He-Yah-Koo-Man)
sen-man ----------------- Ten Million (10,000,000)
(Sehn-Man)
oku --------------------- Hundred Million (100,000,000)

Quiz coming soon....


A, E, I, O, U!

Hiragana - ひらがな
あ - A
A is Pronounced like "Pan" or When the doctor tells you to open your mouth and you say "aaah"

え - E
E is pronounced like "Eh"

I - い
I is pronounced like "I" in "Ice"

お - O
O is Pronounced like "O" in "No"

う - U
U is pronounced like "oo" in "Pool"
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Katakana - カタカナ
ア - A

エ - E

イ - I

オ - O

ウ - U



Featured Hiragana!
か - Ka
Ka is pronounced Kk-Aa
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Featured Katakana!
カ - Ka
Ka is pronounced Kk-Aa

Combination!
きゃ - Kya

Notice: All Japanese words end with A, E, I, O, U, and N!