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

English Romaji  
1    ichi  
2    ni  
3    san  
4    yon  
5    go  
6    roku  
7    nana/shichi  
8    hachi  
9    kyuu/ku  
10    juu  
11    juuichi  
12    juuni  
13    juusan  
14    juushi  
15    juugo  
16    juuroku  
17    juushichi  
18    juuhachi  
19    juuku  
20    nijuu  
21    nijuuichi 
22    nijuuni  
23    nijuusan  
30    sanjuu  
31    sanjuuichi  
32    sanjuuni  
40    yonjuu  
41    yonjuuichi  
42    yonjuuni  
50    gojuu  
51    gojuuichi  
52    gojuuni  
60    rokujuu  
61    rokujuuichi  
70    nanajuu  
71   nanajuuichi  
80    hachijuu  
81    hachijuuichi  
90    kyuujuu  
91    kyuujuuichi  
100   hyaku  
150    hyakugojuu  
200    nihyaku  
300    sanbyaku  
1000    sen  
1500    sengohyaku  
2000    nisen  
10,000    ichiman  
100,000    juuman  
1,000,000    hyakuman  
10,000,000    senman  
1,00,000,000    ichioku  

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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