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This page is about numbers in Japanese. Including the cardinal (counting) and ordinal (order) numbers. Each of which is used in a different situation.
| One: 一 or １ ichi |
Two: ニ or ２ ni |
Three: 三 or ３ san |
Four: 四 or ４ yon |
| Five: 五 or ５ go |
Six: 六 or ６ roku |
Seven: 七 or ７ nana |
Eight: 八 or ８ hachi |
| Nine: 九 or ９ kyuu |
Ten: 十 or １０ juu |
Eleven: 十一 or １１ juu ichi |
Twelve: 十二 or １２ juu ni |
| Thirteen: 十三 or １３ juu san |
Fourteen: 十四 or １４ juu yon |
Fifteen: 十五 or １５ juu go |
Sixteen: 十六 or １６ juu roku |
| Seventeen: 十七 or １７ juu nana |
Eighteen: 十八 or １８ juu hachi |
Nineteen: 十九 or １９ juu kyuu |
Twenty: 二十 or ２０ ni juu |
| Thirty three: 二十三 or ２３ nijuu san |
One hundred: 三十 or ３０ san juu |
Three hundred and sixty: 三百六十 or 360 san byaku rokujuu |
One thousand: 一千 or １０００ issen or sen |
Here are some examples in Japanese for the cardinal numbers above.
| Two thousand and fourteen: 二千四十2,040 nisen yon juu |
One million: 百万 or 100万 hyaku man |
| I'm thirty years old: 私は３０才です。 Kare wa 30 sai desu. |
I have 2 sisters and one brother: 私には二人の女の子と一人の男の子がいます。 Watasi niwa futari no onna no ko to hitori no okoko no ko ga imasu. |
Now we move on to the ordinal numbers, which helps us organize things by order or rank.
| First: １番 ichiban |
Second: ２番 ni ban |
Third: ３番 san ban |
Fourth: ４番 yon ban |
| Fifth: ５番 go ban |
Sixth: ６番 roku ban |
Seventh: ７番 nana ban |
Eighth: ８番 hachi ban |
| Ninth: ９番 kyuu ban |
Tenth: １０番 juu ban |
Eleventh: １１番 juu ichi ban |
Twelfth: １２番 juu ni ban |
| Thirteenth: １３番 juu san ban |
Fourteenth: １４番 juu yon ban |
Fifteenth: １５番 juu go ban |
Sixteenth: １６番 juu roku ban |
| Seventeenth: １７番 juu nana ban |
Eighteenth: １８番 juu hachi ban |
Nineteenth: １９番 juu kyuu ban |
Twentieth: ２０番 niyuu ban |
And here are a couple sentences related to the ordinal numbers above.
| English is my first language: 英語は私の母国語です。 Eigo wa watashi no bokokugo desu. |
Her second language is Spanish: 彼女の第二外国語はスペイン語です。 Kanojo no daini gaikokugo wa Supeingo desu. |
| Once: 1回 ikkai |
Twice: 2回 ni kai |
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