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Lesson 4 of 10
Counting to ten in Japanese
One to ten, for prices, platforms, rooms and how many beers. Play the ten Japanese words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Japanese phrases in this lesson
- γγ‘EE-chee
- One
- γ«nee
- Two
- γγsahn
- Three
- γγyon
- Four
- γgo
- Five
- γγro-KU
- Six
- γͺγͺNA-na
- Seven
- γ―γ‘HA-chi
- Eight
- γγ γkyoo
- Nine
- γγ γjoo
- Ten
For counting objects use hitotsu instead (see the ordering lesson). Ichi, ni, san is for numbers themselves, phone numbers and prices.
Also γ (shi), avoided because it sounds like the word for death.
Also γγ‘ (shi-CHI).
Also γ (ku), avoided because it sounds like the word for suffering.
The system is beautifully logical: eleven is jΕ«-ichi (ten one), twenty is ni-jΕ« (two ten), twenty-one ni-jΕ«-ichi. Learn ten words, count to ninety-nine.