If you're trying to learn Japanese Numbers you will find some useful resources including a course about Cardinal Numbers and Ordinal Numbers... to help you with your Japanese grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Japanese. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Japanese Numbers displayed below is vital to the language. Japanese cardinal number convey the "how many" they're also known as "counting numbers," because they show quantity. Here are some examples:
| English Numbers | Japanese Numbers |
|---|---|
| numbers | suu ji - 数字 |
| one | ichi - 一 |
| two | ni - ニ |
| three | san - 三 |
| four | yon - 四 |
| five | go - 五 |
| six | roku - 六 |
| seven | nana - 七 |
| eight | hachi - 八 |
| nine | kyuu - 九 |
| ten | juu - 十 |
| eleven | juu ichi - 十一 |
| twelve | juu ni - 十二 |
| thirteen | juu san - 十三 |
| fourteen | juu yon - 十四 |
| fifteen | juu go - 十五 |
| sixteen | juu roku - 十六 |
| seventeen | juu nana - 十七 |
| eighteen | juu hachi - 十八 |
| nineteen | juu kyuu - 十九 |
| twenty | ni juu - 二十 |
| hundred | hyaku - 百 |
| one thousand | sen - 千 |
| million | hyaku man - 百万 |
Notice the structure of the Numbers in Japanese.
Japanese Ordinal numbers tell the order of things in a set: first, second, third, etc. Ordinal numbers do not show quantity. They only show rank or position. Below is a list of the Cardinal Numbers and Ordinal Numbers in Japanese. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Japanese vocabulary.
| English Numbers | Japanese Numbers |
|---|---|
| Ordinal Numbers | josuu - 序数 |
| first | ichi banme no - 一番目の |
| second | ni banme no - 二番目の |
| third | san banme no - 三番目の |
| fourth | yon banme no - 四番目の |
| fifth | go banme no - 五番目の |
| sixth | roku banme no - 六番目の |
| seventh | nana banme no - 七番目の |
| eighth | hachi banme no - 八番目の |
| ninth | kyuu banme no - 九番目の |
| tenth | juu banme no - 十番目の |
| eleventh | juuichi banme no - 十一番目の |
| twelfth | juuni banme no - 十二番目の |
| thirteenth | juusan banme no - 十三番目の |
| fourteenth | juuyon banme no - 十四番目の |
| fifteenth | juugo banme no - 十五番目の |
| sixteenth | juuroku banme no - 十六番目の |
| seventeenth | juunana banme no - 十七番目の |
| eighteenth | juuhachi banme no - 十八番目の |
| nineteenth | juukyuu banme no - 十九番目の |
| twentieth | nijuu banme no - 二十番目の |
| once | ik kai - 一回 |
| twice | ni kai - 二回 |
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