Counting in Japanese

Counting in Japanese

Number

English

Japanese

1

one

ichi

2

two

ni

3

three

san

4

four

shi

5

five

go

6

six

roku

7

seven

shichi

8

eight

hachi

9

nine

ku

10

ten

ju

20

twenty

ni-ju

30

thirty

san-ju

40

forty

yon-ju

50

fifty

go-ju

60

sixty

roku-ju

70

seventy

nana-ju

80

eighty

hachi-ju

90

ninety

kyu-ju

100

one hundred

hyaku

When you get to ten (ju), eleven is ten and one, or ju-ichi, twelve is ju-ni, and so on

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