Learn Japanese Numbers & Ordinals

I think the best way to learn Japanese Numbers Is this little story. Just learn it and you will master the numbers from one to ten.

You can also use a little story to learn these numbers.

First of all, something is itchy

itchy
1

Well, actually it's an itchy knee.

itchy knee
1 2

It's belongs to Mrs Itchy Knee. In Japan you'd call her..

itchy knee san,
1 2 3

She's going somewhere...

itchy knee san, she go
1 2 3 4 5

She's going to rock!

itchy knee san, she go rock.
1 2 3 4 5 6

What are the words she's singing? "Na na!"

itchy knee san, she go rock. "Na na!"
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

She rocks her heart out and will hatch something.

itchy knee san, she go rock. "Na na!" Hatch
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

What will she hatch? A queue of fans!

itchy knee san, she go rock. "Na na!" Hatch a queue
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

And the queue of fans is standing in the morning dew.

itchy knee san, she go rock. "Na na!" Hatch a queue in the morning dew.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10


( The "dew" sound is more like a "j" than a "d", but it's near enough to get you started and understood!)

Here is the complete list of numbers

1    ichi 21   nijuuichi 100 hyaku
2    ni 22   nijuuni 150 hyakugojuu
3    san 23   nijuusan 200 nihyaku
4    yon/shi 30   sanjuu 300 sanbyaku
5    go 31   sanjuuichi 1000 sen
6    roku 32   sanjuuni 1500 sengohyaku
7    nana/shichi 40   yonjuu 2000 nisen
8    hachi 41   yonjuuichi 10,000 ichiman
9    kyuu/ku 42   yonjuuni 100,000 juuman
10   juu 50   gojuu 1,000,000 hyakuman
11   juuichi 51   gojuuichi 10,000,000 senman
12   juuni 52   gojuuni

100,000,000

 ichioku
13   juusan 60   rokujuu
14   juushi 61   rokujuuichi
15   juugo 70   nanajuu
16   juuroku 71   nanajuuichi
17   juushichi 80   hachijuu
18   juuhachi 81   hachijuuichi
19   juuku 90   kyuujuu
20   nijuu 91   kyuujuuichi
 

List Of Ordinals In Japanese

English Romaji
1st tsuitachi
2nd futsuka
3rd mikka
4th yokka
5th itsuka
6th muika
7th nanoka
8th youka
9th kokonoka
10th tooka
11th juuichinichi
12th juuninichi
13th juusannichi
14th juuyokka
15th juugonichi
16th juurokunichi
17th juushichinichi
18th juuhachinichi
19th juukyuunichi
20th hatsuka
21st nijuuichinichi
22nd nijuuninichi
23rd nijuusannichi
24th nijuuyokka
25th nijuugonichi
26th nijuurokunichi
27th nijuushichinichi
28th nijuuhachinichi
29th nijuukyuunichi
30th sanjuunichi
31st sanjuuichinichi
 

 
 
 

 

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