Travel: How to Count in Japanese?

Watch Yuu Asakura's video here to learn how to count from 1 (ichi) to a big number 1000,0000,0000 (issen oku). Here are some basic units:


1 — 一 / いち / ichi
10 — 十 / じゅう / juu
100 -— 百 / ひゃく / hyaku
1000 — 千 / せん / sen
1,0000 — 萬 / まん / man
10000,0000 — 億 / おく / oku

Note that 4 and 7 has two pronunciations:

4 = shi /yon
7 = shichi / nana

Sometime pronouncing 4 as yon or 7 as nana sound better in a different context.

Counters

• Small-object counter (個 / こ / ko)
• ikko, niko, sanko, yonko, goko, rokko, nanako, hachiko, kyuuko, jyukko
• Watch Yuu Asakura's video here to learn how to count in (個 / こ / ko)
• Counter for the hito-futa-mi counting system (similar to 個 and often used with Kanji)
• hitotsu, futatsu, mittsu, yottsu, itsutsu, muttsu, nanatsu, yattsu, kokonotsu, too
• Watch Yuu Asakura's video here to learn how to count in (個 / つ / tsu)
• Person Counter (人 / にん / nin)
• hitori, futari, sannin, yonin, gonin, rokunin, nananin/shichinin, hachinin, kyuunin, jyuunin
• Watch Yuu Asakura's video here to learn how to count in (人 / にん / nin)
• Animal/Insect Counter (ひき / hiki)
• ippiki, nihiki, sanbiki, yonhiki, gohiki, roppiki, nanahiki, hachihiki/happiki, kyuuhiki, jyuppiki
• Watch Yuu Asakura's video here to learn how to count in (ひき / hiki)
• Bird/Rabbit Counter (わ / Wa)
• ichiwa, niwa, sanwa, yonwa, gowa, rokuwa, nanawa, hachiwa, kyuuwa, jyuuwa
• Watch Yuu Asakura's video here to learn how to count in (わ / Wa)
• Cylinder-object counter (本 / ほん / Hon)
• ippon, nihon, sanbon, yonhon, gohon, roppon, nanahon, hachihon/happon, kyuuhon, jyuppon
• Watch Yuu Asakura's video here to learn how to count in (本 / ほん / Hon)
• Flat-object Counter (枚 / まい / Mai)
• ichimai, nimai, sanmai, yonmai, gomain, rokumai, nanamai, hachimai, kyuumai, jyuumai
• Watch Yuu Asakura's video here to learn how to count in (枚 / まい / Mai)
• Cup Counter (杯 / はい / Hai)
• ippai, nihai, sanbai, yonhai, gohai, roppai, nanahai, hachihai/happai, kyuuhai, jyuppai
• Watch Yuu Asakura's video here to learn how to count in (杯 / はい / Hai)
• Machinery/Device Counter (台 / だい / Dai)
• ichidai, nidai, sandai, yondai, godai, rokudai, nanadai, hachidai, kyuudai, jyuudai
• Watch Yuu Asakura's video here to learn how to count in (台 / だい / Dai)

References

1. How to Count in Japanese (video)
• 1-10
• ichi, ni, san, shi, go, roku, shichi, hachi, kyuu, jyuu
• 11-20
• jyuu ichi, jyuu ni, jyuu san, jyuu shi/yon, ..., ni jyuu
• 21-30
• ni jyuu ichi, ni jyuu ni, ni jyuu san, ni jyuu shi/yon, ..., san jyuu
• 40
• yon jyuu (common)
• shi jyuu (old)
• 44
• yon jyuu shi/yon
• 70
• nana jyuu (common)
• shichi jyuu (old)
• 77
• nana jyuu shichi/nana
• 99
• kyuu jyuu kyuu
• 111
• hyaku jyuu ichi
• 140
• hyaku yon jyuu
• 170
• hyaku nana jyuu
• 200
• ni hyaku
• 300
• sanbyaku
• 600
• roppyaku
• 800
• happyaka
• 1000
• issen or sen
• 3000
• sanzen
• 8000
• hassen
• 1,0000
• ichiman
• 100,0000
• haykuman
• 1000,0000
• issenman
2. Money