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
- Numbers from 0 to 10
- Numbers from 11 to 100
- Numbers from 101 to 1,000,000
- Vocabulary trainer: Numbers in Japanese
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How to Read and Write Numbers 1 to 10 in Japanese
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Numbers from 0 to 10
English | Japanese | Japanese (Hiragana) | Japanese (Romanization) | Pronunciation (Audio) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | zero | 零 | ぜろ | zero | ja-sing_zero |
1 | one | 一 | いち | ichi | ja-sing_one |
2 | two | 二 | に | ni | ja-sing_two |
3 | three | 三 | さん | san | ja-sing_three |
4 | four | 四 | よん/し | yon/shi | ja-sing_four |
5 | five | 五 | ご | go | ja-sing_five |
6 | six | 六 | ろく | roku | ja-sing_six |
7 | seven | 七 | なな/しち | nana/shichi | ja-sing_seven |
8 | eight | 八 | はち | hachi | ja-sing_eight |
9 | nine | 九 | きゅう | kyuu | ja-sing_nine |
10 | ten | 十 | じゅう | jyuu | ja-sing_ten |
Numbers from 11 to 100
English | Japanese | Japanese (Hiragana) | Japanese (Romanization) | Pronunciation (Audio) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
11 | eleven | 十一 | じゅういち | jyuuichi | ja-sing_eleven |
12 | twelve | 十二 | じゅうに | jyuuni | ja-sing_twelve |
13 | thirteen | 十三 | じゅうさん | jyuusan | ja-sing_thirteen |
14 | fourteen | 十四 | じゅうよん じゅうし | jyuuyon jyuushi | ja-sing_fourteen ja-sing_fourteen-2 |
15 | fifteen | 十五 | じゅうご | jyuugo | ja-sing_fifteen |
16 | sixteen | 十六 | じゅうろく | jyuuroku | ja-sing_sixteen |
17 | seventeen | 十七 | じゅうなな じゅうしち | jyuunana jyuushichi | ja-sing_seventeen ja-sing_seventeen-2 |
18 | eighteen | 十八 | じゅうはち | jyuuhachi | ja-sing_eighteen |
19 | nineteen | 十九 | じゅうきゅう | jyuukyuu | ja-sing_nineteen |
20 | twenty | 二十 | にじゅう | nijyuu | ja-sing_twenty |
21 | twenty-one | 二十一 | にじゅういち | nijyuuichi | ja-sing_twenty-one |
30 | thirty | 三十 | さんじゅう | sanjyuu | ja-sing_thirty |
40 | fourty | 四十 | よんじゅう | yonjyuu | ja-sing_fourty |
50 | fifty | 五十 | ごじゅう | gojyuu | ja-sing_fifty |
60 | sixty | 六十 | ろくじゅう | rokujyuu | ja-sing_sixty |
70 | seventy | 七十 | ななじゅう | nanajyuu | ja-sing_seventy |
80 | eighty | 八十 | はちじゅう | hachijyuu | ja-sing_eighty |
90 | ninety | 九十 | きゅうじゅう | kyuujyuu | ja-sing_ninety |
100 | one hundred | 百 | ひゃく | hyaku | ja-sing_one-hundred |
Numbers from 101 to 1,000,000
English | Japanese | Japanese (Hiragana) | Japanese (Romanization) | Pronunciation (Audio) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
101 | one hundred and one | 百一 | ひゃくいち | hyakuichi | ja-sing_one-hundred-and-one |
200 | two hundred | 二百 | にひゃく | nihyaku | ja-sing_two-hundred |
300 | three hundred | 三百 | さんびゃく | sanbyaku | ja-sing_three-hundred |
400 | four hundred | 四百 | よんひゃく | yonhyaku | ja-sing_four-hundred |
500 | five hundred | 五百 | ごひゃく | gohyaku | ja-sing_five-hundred |
600 | six hundred | 六百 | ろっぴゃく | roppyaku | ja-sing_six-hundred |
700 | seven hundred | 七百 | ななひゃく | nanahyaku | ja-sing_seven-hundred |
800 | eight hundred | 八百 | はっぴゃく | happyaku | ja-sing_eight-hundred |
900 | nine hundred | 九百 | きゅうひゃく | kyuuhyaku | ja-sing_nine-hundred |
1000 | one thousand | 千 | せん | sen | ja-sing_one-thousand |
2000 | two thousand | 二千 | にせん | nisen | ja-sing_two-thousand |
3000 | three thousand | 三千 | さんぜん | sanzen | ja-sing_three-thousand |
5000 | five thousand | 五千 | ごせん | gosen | ja-sing_five-thousand |
100000 | one hundred thousand | 十万 | じゅうまん | jyuuman | ja-sing_one-hundred-thousand |
1000000 | one million | 百万 | ひゃくまん | hyakuman | ja-sing_one-million |
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