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This chapter shows how numbers are pronounced independently and with counters
such as class counters, ordinal counters, and unit counters. You will also learn
how to express times and dates in Japanese.
From 10 to 19, numbers are compound words consisting of jū (ten) plus one
of the other digits.
Other numbers under 100 consist of the multiples of ten plus one of the other digits. For
example, 21 is ni-jū-ichi, and 99 is kyū-jū-kyū.