Numbers are a great place to begin your journey into the Japanese language. Start by learning the numbers from 1 to 10, then 11 to 20, 21 to 100 and so on. Pay attention to the recurring patterns that will help you form any number above one hundred easily!

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How to Read and Write Numbers 1 to 10 in Japanese

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Numbers from 0 to 10

EnglishJapaneseJapanese
(Hiragana)
Japanese
(Romanization)
Pronunciation
(Audio)
0zeroぜろzeroja-sing_zero
1oneいちichija-sing_one
2twonija-sing_two
3threeさんsanja-sing_three
4fourよん/しyon/shija-sing_four
5fivegoja-sing_five
6sixろくrokuja-sing_six
7sevenなな/しちnana/shichija-sing_seven
8eightはちhachija-sing_eight
9nineきゅうkyuuja-sing_nine
10tenじゅうjyuuja-sing_ten

Numbers from 11 to 100

EnglishJapaneseJapanese
(Hiragana)
Japanese
(Romanization)
Pronunciation
(Audio)
11eleven十一じゅういちjyuuichija-sing_eleven
12twelve十二じゅうにjyuunija-sing_twelve
13thirteen十三じゅうさんjyuusanja-sing_thirteen
14fourteen十四じゅうよん
じゅうし
jyuuyon
jyuushi
ja-sing_fourteen
ja-sing_fourteen-2
15fifteen十五じゅうごjyuugoja-sing_fifteen
16sixteen十六じゅうろくjyuurokuja-sing_sixteen
17seventeen十七じゅうなな
じゅうしち
jyuunana
jyuushichi
ja-sing_seventeen
ja-sing_seventeen-2
18eighteen十八じゅうはちjyuuhachija-sing_eighteen
19nineteen十九じゅうきゅうjyuukyuuja-sing_nineteen
20twenty二十にじゅうnijyuuja-sing_twenty
21twenty-one二十一にじゅういちnijyuuichija-sing_twenty-one
30thirty三十さんじゅうsanjyuuja-sing_thirty
40fourty四十よんじゅうyonjyuuja-sing_fourty
50fifty五十ごじゅうgojyuuja-sing_fifty
60sixty六十ろくじゅうrokujyuuja-sing_sixty
70seventy七十ななじゅうnanajyuuja-sing_seventy
80eighty八十はちじゅうhachijyuuja-sing_eighty
90ninety九十きゅうじゅうkyuujyuuja-sing_ninety
100one hundredひゃくhyakuja-sing_one-hundred

Numbers from 101 to 1,000,000

EnglishJapaneseJapanese
(Hiragana)
Japanese
(Romanization)
Pronunciation
(Audio)
101one hundred and one百一ひゃくいちhyakuichija-sing_one-hundred-and-one
200two hundred二百にひゃくnihyakuja-sing_two-hundred
300three hundred三百さんびゃくsanbyakuja-sing_three-hundred
400four hundred四百よんひゃくyonhyakuja-sing_four-hundred
500five hundred五百ごひゃくgohyakuja-sing_five-hundred
600six hundred六百ろっぴゃくroppyakuja-sing_six-hundred
700seven hundred七百ななひゃくnanahyakuja-sing_seven-hundred
800eight hundred八百はっぴゃくhappyakuja-sing_eight-hundred
900nine hundred九百きゅうひゃくkyuuhyakuja-sing_nine-hundred
1000one thousandせんsenja-sing_one-thousand
2000two thousand二千にせんnisenja-sing_two-thousand
3000three thousand三千さんぜんsanzenja-sing_three-thousand
5000five thousand五千ごせんgosenja-sing_five-thousand
100000one hundred thousand十万じゅうまんjyuumanja-sing_one-hundred-thousand
1000000one million百万ひゃくまんhyakumanja-sing_one-million

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