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, rok...