Japanese Numbers 0 1 2 3 Romaji [Pronunciation] rei [rei] iti [ichi] ni [ni] san [san] si/yon [si/yon] go [go] roku

[roku] siti/nana [sichi/nana] hati [hachi] ku/kyuu [ku/kju:] zyuu [ju:] hyaku [hjaku] sen [sen] man [man] oku [oku] tyoo [cho:] kei [kei] / / / Hiragana Kanji English zero one two three

four

5 6 7 8

five six seven eight

nine

10 100 1,000 10,000 1 0000 100,000,000 1 0000 0000 1,000,000,000,000 1 0000 0000 0000 10,000,000,000,000,000 1 0000 0000 0000 0000

ten one hundred one thousand ten thousand one hundred million one trillion (one million million) ten quadrillion (ten thousand million million)

Examples: 12 () juu ni 20 ni juu 23 ni juu san 45 yon juu go > si juu go 78 nana juu hachi > sichi juu hachi 98 kyuu juu hachi 123 () hyaku ni juu san 234 ni hyaku san juu yon 345 san byaku yon juu go 678 roppyaku nana juu hachi 876 happyaku nana juu roku 1,234 () sen ni hyaku san juu yon 2,345 ni sen san byaku yon juu go 12,345 ichi man ni sen san byaku yon juu go 1 2345 12,345,678 () sen ni hyaku san juu yon go sen roppyaku nana juu 1234 5678 man hachi 123,456,789 ichi 1 2345 6789 oku ni sen san byaku yon juu go man roku sen nana hyaku hachi juu kyuu

-1 mainasu ichi (minus one) 1+2=3 3-2=1 2*3=6 6/3=2 ichi tasu ni wa san ('wa' is 'ha' in Hiragana) san hiku ni wa ichi ('wa' is 'ha' in Hiragana) ni kakeru san wa roku ('wa' is 'ha' in Hiragana) roku waru san wa ni ('wa' is 'ha' in Hiragana)

nana waru san wa ni, amari ichi ('wa' is 'ha' in Hiragana) 7/3=2, 1 When seven is devided by three, the quotient is two and the remainder is one.

Comments: () means no pronunciation.

We use equally 'si' and 'yon' for the number 4. But 'si' means death in Japanese. I prefer 'yon' for 4.

Years Japanese Numbers Romaji [Pronunciation] sen kyuuhyaku hatizyuu hacti nen [sen kyuuhyaku hacizjuu haci nen] sen kyuuhyaku hatizyuu kyuu nen [sen kyuuhyaku hacizjuu kyuu nen] sen kyuuhyaku kyuuzyuu kyuu nen [sen kyuuhyaku kyuujuu kyuu nen] nisen nen [nisen nen] nisen iti nen [nisen ichi nen] nisen ni nen [nisen ni nen] nisen san nen [nisen san nen] nisen yo nen [nisen yo nen] nisen go nen [nisen go nen] nisen roku nen [nisen roku nen] nisen siti nen [nisen sici nen] Hiragana Kanji English

1988

1988

1989

1989

1999

1999

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 two years old 2008 last year

2007

2008

nisen hati nen [nisen haci nen]

2009

nisen ku nen [nisen ku nen]

2009 this year

2010

nisen zyuu nen [nisen zyuu nen]

2010 next year

2011

nisen zyuu iti nen [nisen zyuu ichi nen]

2011 year after next

The Showa era began in 1926. The Heisei era began on January 8, 1989. () () You can calculate your birth year in the Showa to minus 1925 before January 8, 1989. You can calculate your birth year in the Heisei to minus 1988 after January 8, 1989. Months Japanese Numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Romaji [Pronunciation] itigatu [ichigatsu] nigatu [nigatsu] sangatu [sangatsu] sigatu [sigatsu] gogatu [gogatsu] rokugatu [rokugatsu] sitigatu [sichigatsu] hatigatu [hachigatsu] kugatu [kugatsu] zyuugatu [ju:gatsu] zyuuitigatu [ju:ichigatsu] zyuunigatu [ju:nigatsu] Hiragana Kanji English January Febrary March April May June July August September October

November December

Japanese Months Weeks Japanese Numbers Romaji [Pronunciation] getuyoubi [getsuyo:bi] kayoubi [kayo:bi] suiyoubi [suiyo:bi] mokuyoubi [mokuyo:bi] kin'youbi [kin'yo:bi] doyoubi [doyo:bi] nitiyoubi [nichiyo:bi] Japanese Weeks Romaji [Pronunciation] sensyuu [sensjuu] konsyuu [konsjuu] raisyuu [raisjuu] Hiragana Kanji English Hiragana Kanji English Monday Tuesday Romaji [Pronunciation] sengetsu [sengetu] kongetsu [kongetu] raigetsu [raigetu] Hiragana Kanji English

last month this month next month

Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

last week this week next week

Japanese Numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 20 24 31 Romaji [Pronunciation] tuitati [tuitachi] hutuka [hutuka] mikka [miQka] yokka [yoQka] ituka [itsuka] muika [muika] nanoka [nanoka] youka [yo:ka] kokonoka [kokonoka] touka [to:ka] zyuuitiniti [ju:ichinichi] zyuuyokka [ju:yoQka] hatuka [hatsuka] nizyuuyokka [niju:yoQka] sanzyuuitiniti [sanju:ichinichi] Japanese Days Romaji [Pronunciation] ototoi [ototoi] kinou [kinou] kyou [kjou] Hiragana Kanji English Hiragana Kanji 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 20 English First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Nineth Tenth Eleventh Fourteenth Twentyth

24 Twenty fourth 31 Thirty first

the day before yesterday yesterday today

 Time

asu [asu] assatte [assaQte]

tomorrow

the day after tomorrow

Japanese Numbers AM PM Hours Japanese Numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Romaji [Pronunciation] itizi [icizi] nizi [nizi] sanzi [saNzi] yozi [yozi] gozi [gozi] rokuzi [rokuzi] sitizi [sicizi] hatizi [hacizi] kuzi [kuzi] jyuuji [zjuuzi] juuitiji [zjuuicizi] jyuuniji [zjuuniji] Hiragana Kanji English One hour Two hours Three hours Four hours Five hours Six hours Seven hours Eight hours Nine hours Ten hours Romaji [Pronunciation] gozen [gozen] gogo [gogo] Hiragana Kanji English

befor noon afternoon

Eleven hours Twelve hours

Minutes Japanese Numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Romaji [Pronunciation] ippun [iQpuN] nihun [nifuN] sanpun [saNpuN] yonpun [yoNpuN] gohun [gofuN] roppun [roQpuN] nanahun [nanafuN] happun [haQpuN] kyuuhun [kju:fuN] zippun [ziQpuN] Hiragana Kanji 1 2 English One minute Two minutes

3 Three minutes 4 5 6 Four minutes Five minutes Six minutes

7 Seven minutes 8 9 10 Eight minutes Nine minutes Ten minutes