What are the numbers 1 to 20 in Japanese?
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What are the numbers 1 to 20 in Japanese?
Part 3: Counting the tens 20, 30, 40… to 100
| Number | Romaji/English | Kanji |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | juu | 十 |
| 20 | ni juu | 二十 |
| 30 | san juu | 三十 |
| 40 | yon juu | 四十 |
What does the number 12 look like in Japanese?
following the exact same rule, 12 is 十二 (juuni) or 10 (juu) + 2 (ni).
How do Japanese write numbers?
There are two ways of writing the numbers in Japanese: in Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3) or in Chinese numerals (一, 二, 三). The Arabic numerals are more often used in horizontal writing, and the Chinese numerals are more common in vertical writing.
How do you say 12 in Japanese?
12: juu-ni (not ichi-juu ni): じゅうに
How do you count to 14 in Japanese?
Forming big numbers like 20, 30, 40 and beyond is simple! We just need to say the first number followed by juu / じゅう. That is, 20 is said “2-10”, or ni-juu / にじゅう….Counting from 11 to 19 in Japanese.
| Hiragana | English | Phonetics |
|---|---|---|
| じゅうさん | thirteen | juu-san |
| じゅうよん | fourteen | juu-yon* |
| じゅうご | fifteen | juu-go |
| じゅうろく | sixteen | juu-roku |
What are the first 10 numbers in Japanese?
Japanese Numbers 1-10: How to Count to Ten in Japanese
| Sino-Japanese Numbers | Native Japanese Numbers | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | はち (hachi) | やっつ (yattsu) |
| 9 | く、きゅう (ku, kyuu) | ここのつ (kokonotsu) |
| 10 | じゅう (juu) | とう (tou) |
| 0 | れい、ゼロ、マル (rei, zero, maru) |
How do you say 15 in Japanese?
That is, 20 is said “2-10”, or ni-juu / にじゅう….Counting from 11 to 19 in Japanese.
| Hiragana | English | Phonetics |
|---|---|---|
| じゅうよん | fourteen | juu-yon* |
| じゅうご | fifteen | juu-go |
| じゅうろく | sixteen | juu-roku |
| じゅうなな | seventeen | juu-nana* |
How do you use hitotsu?
The Japanese word hitotsu (written 一つ or 1つ) means one or one of something. Japanese people often use hitotsu to order a single item at a restaurant or bar. 生1つください。 Nama hitotsu kudasai. なまひとつください。
How does Japan do math?
The Japanese multiplication method is really just a visual way of representing those four steps. Each cluster of intersections corresponds to one of the four smaller products that go into multiplying two numbers (for instance, the left cluster, 3×1, is what gets you the 300 – or 3 hundreds).
What is number 20 in Japanese?
ni-juu
That is, 20 is said “2-10”, or ni-juu / にじゅう.
How do you write Futatsu?
The Universal CounterEdit
- 一つ hitotsu – ひとつ
- 二つ futatsu – ふたつ
- 三つ mittsu – みっつ
- 四つ yottsu – よっつ
- 五つ itsutsu – いつつ
- 六つ muttsu – むっつ
- 七つ nanatsu – ななつ
- 八つ yattsu – やっつ
What is Futatsu?
This is because there futatsu 二つ has the meaning of “two things.” I have counted the things I must do and they are futatsu 二つ, “two things.”
