Counting
Counting
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
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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