COUNTING

1. NUMBER
IN JAPANESE IN JAPANESE
LANGUAGE LANGUAGE
ONE ICHI SIX ROKU
TWO NI SEVEN NANA* / SHICHI**
THREE SAN EIGHT HACHI
FOUR YON* / SHI** NINE KYū* / KU**
FIVE GO TEN Jū
* It’s used only for counting / general
** It’s used only for hour, month, etc.
For 11,12,…,19 uses system 10 + x. Examples : 12 >> jū ni , 17 >> jū nana.
For 20,21,…,99 uses system h + 10 + x. Examples : 57 : go jū nana, 85 >> hachi jū go
~ hyaku : ~hundred
Examples :
 200 : ni hyaku
 300 : san hyaku >> san byaku
 600 : roku hyaku >> roppyaku
 800 : hachi hyaku >> happyaku

~en (¥). Examples:

 ¥ 527 : go hyaku ni jū nana-en

 ¥ 875 : happyaku nana jū go-en

~sen : ~thousand. Examples:

 4000 : yon sen

 3000 : san sen >> sanzen
 8000 : hachi sen >>hassen
 ¥ 8957 : hassen kyū hyaku go jū nana-en
~man : ~tens of thousand. Examples:
 ¥ 59743 : go man kyū sen nana hyaku yon jū san-en
 ¥ 85935 : hachi man go sen kyū hyaku san jū go-en
 ¥ 575389 : go jū nana man go sen sanbyaku hachi jū kyū-en
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General pattern : ~man~sen~hyaku~jū

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2. ~ji : ~o’clock
Examples:
 1 o’clock : ichi ji
 2 o’clock : ni ji
 3 o’clock : san ji
 4 o’clock : yon ji >>yo ji
 5 o’clock : go ji

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  7 o’clock : nana ji >> shichi ji
 9 o’clock : kyū ji >> ku ji
 08:00 am : gozen hachi ji
 15:00 pm : gogo san ji
3. ~fun / pun : ~minutes
For 5, 15, 35, 45, 55, we use “fun” to show minutes whose ending 5 minutes. Examples:
 07:05 am : gozen shichi-ji go fun
 21:45 pm : gogo ku-ji yon ju go fun

For 10, 20, 30,…. we use “pun” to show minutes whose ending 10 minutes. Examples:

 10 minutes : juppun
 20 minutes : ni juppun
 30 minutes : san juppun >> han
 40 minutes : yon juppun
 07: 30 : gozen shichi-ji han

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