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Counting in Japanese
| Beginner Terms |
| Romaji |
Pronounciation |
English |
| ichi |
eech-ee |
one |
| ni |
nee |
two |
| san |
sahn |
three |
| shi/yon |
shee/yone |
four |
| go |
go |
five |
| roku |
roe-koo |
six |
| shichi/nana |
sheech-eenana/nah-nah |
seven |
| hachi |
hah-chee |
eight |
| ku |
koo |
nine |
| ju |
joo |
ten |
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Four and seven have alternate words because shi is also the word for death.
So, the alternates are more polite ways of saying the number.
In karate, however, it is customary to stick to shi and shichi.
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| Intermediate Terms |
| Romaji |
Pronounciation |
English |
| Counting from eleven to ninety-nine is done by counting the number of tens then the number of ones. |
| ju ichi |
joo eech-ee |
eleven, "ten and one" |
| ni ju |
nee joo |
twenty, "two tens" |
| ni ju ichi |
nee joo eech-ee |
twenty one, "two tens and one" |
| nana ju shichi |
nah-nah joo sheech-ee |
seventy seven. Seventy is always nana ju |
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| Advanced Terms |
| Romaji |
Pronounciation |
English |
| hyaku |
h'yah-koo |
one hundred |
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