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【Beginner】Counting from 1 to 10

Updated: Mar 20, 2019

You might be wondering how to count numbers in Japanese. This post will explain how!






Count Up


1 (いち/ichi) 2 (に/ni) 3 (さん/san) 4 (し/shi) 5 (ご/go) 6 (ろく/roku) 7 (しち/shichi)


8 (はち/hachi) 9 (きゅう/kyu) 10 (じゅう/ju)



Count Down


10 (じゅう/ju) 9 (きゅう/kyu) 8 (はち/hachi) 7 (なな/nana) 6 (ろく/roku) 5 (ご/go)


4 (よん/yon) 3 (さん/san) 2 (に/ni) 1 (いち/ichi)



Counting numbers

ひとつ ( hitotsu ) ふたつ ( hutatsu ) みっつ ( mittsu ) よっつ ( yottsu ) いつつ ( itsuu )


むっつ ( muttsu ) ななつ ( nanatsu ) やっつ ( yattsu ) ここのつ ( kokonotsu ) とお ( to )






 

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