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Numerals and Counting
Rudiments of Japanese counting: Native Japanese counting system
Hitotsu – one
Futatsu – two
Mittsu – Three
Yottsu – four
Itsutsu – five
muttsu – six
nanatsu – seven
yattsu – eight
kokonotsu – nine
too – ten
Chinese Counting system used by the Japanese
rei – zero ( 0 )
Ichi – one (1)
Ni – two (2)
San – three (3)
Shi/yon – four (4)
Go – five (5)
roku – six ( 6 )
shichi/nana – seven ( 7 )
hachi – eight ( 8 )
kyuu – nine ( 9 )
juu – ten ( 10 )
juuichi – eleven
juuni – twelve
juusan – thirteen
juushi,etc, – fourteen , etc.
nijuu – twenty
nijuuichi – twenty one
nijuuni – twenty two
nijuusan – twenty three
nijuusan – twenty three
nijuushi,etc.– twenty four, etc.
sanju – thirty
sanjuu-ichi – thirty one
yonjuu – forty
yonjuu-ichi – forty one
guu/ gojuu – fifty
gojuu-ichi – fifty one
hyaku – one hundred
nihyaku – two hundred
sen – one thousand
juuman – one hundred thousand
Numeral Classifiers or Counters
1. nin – for persons
2. wa – for birds
3. hiki – for animals and fish
4. hon – for long or cylindrical objects
5. hai – for cupfuls, containerful
6. mai – for flat things
7. tsu – for pairs
8. en – suffix for Japanese money
9. dai – for vehicles
10. ken – for houses and buildings
11. choo – for things with handles ...