Counting

COUNTING 1. NUMBER IN JAPANESE LANGUAGE

IN JAPANESE LANGUAGE

ONE ICHI SIX ROKU TWO NI SEVEN NANA* / SHICHI** THREE SAN EIGHT HACHI FOUR YON* / SHI** NINE KYū* / KU** FIVE GO TEN Jū * It’s used only for counting / general ** It’s used only for hour, month, etc. For 11,12,…,19 uses system 10 + x. Examples : 12 >> jū ni , 17 >> jū nana. For 20,21,…,99 uses system h + 10 + x. Examples : 57 : go jū nana, 85 >> hachi jū go ~ hyaku : ~hundred Examples :  200 : ni hyaku  300 : san hyaku >> san byaku  600 : roku hyaku >> roppyaku  800 : hachi hyaku >> happyaku ~en (¥). Examples:  ¥ 527 : go hyaku ni jū nana-en

 ¥ 875 : happyaku nana jū go-en ~sen : ~thousand. Examples:    

4000 : yon sen 3000 : san sen >> sanzen 8000 : hachi sen >>hassen ¥ 8957 : hassen kyū hyaku go jū nana-en

~man : ~tens of thousand. Examples:  ¥ 59743 : go man kyū sen nana hyaku yon jū san-en  ¥ 85935 : hachi man go sen kyū hyaku san jū go-en

General pattern : ~man~sen~hyaku~jū ū 2. ~ji : ~o’clock Examples:  1 o’clock : ichi ji  2 o’clock : ni ji  3 o’clock : san ji  4 o’clock : yon ji >>yo ji  5 o’clock : go ji ©omoshiroi-nihongo.blogspot.com

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 ¥ 575389 : go jū nana man go sen sanbyaku hachi jū kyū-en

 7 o’clock : nana ji >> shichi ji  9 o’clock : kyū ji >> ku ji  08:00 am : gozen hachi ji  15:00 pm : gogo san ji 3. ~fun / pun : ~minutes For 5, 15, 35, 45, 55, we use “fun” to show minutes whose ending 5 minutes. Examples:  07:05 am : gozen shichi-ji go fun  21:45 pm : gogo ku-ji yon ju go fun For 10, 20, 30,…. we use “pun” to show minutes whose ending 10 minutes. Examples: 10 minutes : juppun 20 minutes : ni juppun 30 minutes : san juppun >> han 40 minutes : yon juppun 07: 30 : gozen shichi-ji han

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