Japanese Vocabulary
にほんご
Numbers in Japanese
Vocabulary List
Numbers
Japanese | Number |
(rei / zero / maru) |
0 |
(ichi) |
1 |
(ni) |
2 |
(san) |
3 |
(shi / yon) |
4 |
(go) |
5 |
(roku) |
6 |
(shichi / nana) |
7 |
(hachi) |
8 |
(ku / kyuu) |
9 |
(juu) |
10 |
(juuichi) |
11 |
(juuni) |
12 |
(juusan) |
13 |
(juushi / juuyon) |
14 |
(juugo) |
15 |
(juuroku) |
16 |
(juushichi / juunana) |
17 |
(juuhachi) |
18 |
(juuku / juukyuu) |
19 |
(nijuu) |
20 |
(sanjuu) |
30 |
(shijuu / yonjuu) |
40 |
(gojuu) |
50 |
(rokujuu) |
60 |
(shichijuu / nanajuu) |
70 |
(hachijuu) |
80 |
(kujuu / kyuujuu) |
90 |
(hyaku) |
100 |
(sen) |
1,000 |
(ichiman) |
10,000 |
(juuman) |
100,000 |
(hyakuman) |
Million |
(juuoku) |
Billion |
(icchou) |
Trillion |
Examples)
(hitotsu)
<Number>
125
(mittsu)
<Number>
2023
Basic Counters
Japanese | Number |
(hitotsu) |
1 (thing) |
(futatsu) |
2 (things) |
(mittsu) |
3 (things) |
(yottsu) |
4 (things) |
(itsutsu) |
5 (things) |
(muttsu) |
6 (things) |
(nanatsu) |
7 (things) |
(yattsu) |
8 (things) |
(kokonotsu) |
9 (things) |
(too) |
10 (things) |
Example Sentences)
りんごを
(ringo wo hitotsu kudasai)
<English>
Can I get one apple?
(negai wo mittsu kanae mashou)
<English>
I’ll make your three wishes come true.
Other Specific Counters
Japanese | Number |
(hon) |
Long objects |
(mai) |
Flat objects |
(satsu) |
Books |
(chaku) |
Clothes |
(hai) |
Drinks |
(ko) |
Small objects |
(dai) |
Technological objects |
(hiki) |
Small animals |
(tou) |
Big animals |
(wa) |
Birds |
Example Sentences)
(mizu wo nihai kudasai)
<English>
Can I get two cups of water?
(inu wo sanhiki katte imasu)
<English>
I have three dogs.

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