Counting

Compiled by Tatu
October 2005



NUMBERS

When you count you use the suffix "-ban"  which means "number". Hence "ichi -ban" means "number one".
0 rei
1 ichi 11 junichi 21 niju ichi
2 ni 12 juni 22 niju ni
3 san 13 jusan 23 niju san
4 shi or yon 14 jushi 24 niju yo
5 go 15 jugo 25 niju go
6 roku 16 juroku 26 niju roku
7 nana or shichi 17 junana 27 niju nana
8 hachi 18 juhachi 28 niju hachi
9 ku  (kyu) 19 juku 29 niju ku
10 ju  (jyu) 20 niju 30 niju ju

20.  ni ju         ni = 2  /  ju = 10    ni ju = 20

30.  san ju     san = 3  / ju =10    sanju =30

40  yon ju

50  go ju

60  roku ju

70  nana ju

80  hachi ju

90  kyu ju

100  hyaku

200 nihyaku

300 sanbyaku

400 yonhyaku

500 gohayku

600 roppyaku

700 nanahyaku

800 happyaku

900 kyuhyaku

1000 sen

2000 nisen

3000 sanzen

4000yonsen

5000 gosen

6000 rokusen

7000 nanasen

8000 hassen

9000 hyusen

10,000 ichiman     ten thousand

100,000 juman

1,000,000 hyakuman     one million

10,000,000 senman

100,000,000 ichioku

1,000,000,000 juoku     one billion

10,000,000,000 hyakuoku

100,000,000,000 sen'oku

1,000.000.000.000 itcho   one trillion




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