Can you say the number from 1 to 10 in Japanese? When you start studying Japanese, you will learn the number from 1 to 10 in Japanese as first step of studying Japanese. Since you learn the number in Japanese, might as well learn the things accompanying it. This time, Let`s learn the Japanese words of number, the date, and the day of the week.
The list of Japanese words about the number.
| English | Japanese | Pronunciation |
| one | いち | ICHI |
| two | に | NI |
| three | さん | SAN |
| four | よん/し | YON/SHI |
| five | ご | GO |
| six | ろく | ROKU |
| seven | なな/しち | NANA/SHICHI |
| eight | はち | HACHI |
| nine | きゅう/く | KYUU/KU |
| ten | じゅう | JYUU |
| hundred | ひゃく | HYAKU |
| thousand | せん | SEN |
It`s easy to make the figures after eleven.
| English | Japanese | composition | pronunciation |
| eleven | じゅういち | じゅう＋いち | JYUUICHI |
| twelve | じゅうに | じゅう＋に | JYUUNI |
| twenty one | にじゅういち | に＋じゅう＋いち | NIJYUUICHI |
| forty five | よんじゅうご | よん＋じゅう＋ご | YONJYUUGO |
| seventy nine | ななじゅうきゅう | なな＋じゅう＋きゅう | NANAJYUUKYUU |
| five hundred thirteen | ごひゃくじゅうさん | ご＋ひゃく＋じゅう＋さん | GOHYAKUJYUUSAN |
| two thousand twenty | にせんにじゅう | に＋せん＋に＋じゅう | NISENNIJYUU |
Four and seven have two types.
This figures is using depending on the situation.
I will teach you this situation from now on.
The list of Japanese words about the week.
| English | Japanese | Pronunciation |
| Monday | げつようび | GEGTUYOUBI |
| Tuesday | かようび | KAYOUBI |
| Wesnesday | すいようび | SUIYOUBI |
| Thursday | もくようび | MOKUYOUBI |
| Friday | きんようび | KINYOUBI |
| Saturday | どようび | DOYOUBI |
| Sunday | にちようび | NICHIYOUBI |
The list of Japanese words about the time, the day, the month, and the year.
| English | Japanese | Pronunciation |
| second | びょう | BYOU |
| minute | ふん/ぷん | HUN/PUN |
| hour | じ | JI |
| day | ひ/にち/か | HI/NICHI |
| month | つき/がつ | TUKI |
| year | ねん | NEN |
About the minute ふん or ぷん
It`s most difficult for not Japanese people to understand.
Minute can read both ふん(HUN) and ぷん(PUN).
When you wanna say 1,3,6,8,10,11,13,16,18,,,,minute, you have to use ぷん(PUN). The figures combine with PUN.
When you wanna say 2,4,5,7,9,12,14,15,17,,,minute, you have to use ふん(HUN). The figures combine with HUN.
About the day ひ or にち or か
ひ(HI) refers to the day in itself.
And at the date, there is special way of expression in Japan.
Special way of expression of the date.
| English | Japanese | Pronunciation |
| 1st | ついたち | TUITACHI |
| 2nd | ふつか | HUTUKA |
| 3rd | みっか | MIKKA |
| 4th | よっか | YOKKA |
| 5th | いつか | ITUKA |
| 6th | むいか | MUIKA |
| 7th | なのか | NANOKA |
| 8th | ようか | YOUKA |
| 9th | ここのか | KOKONOKA |
| 10th | とおか | TOOKA |
| 20th | はつか | HATUKA |
About the month.
つき(TUKI) refers to the month in itself.
When you wanna say specific month, がつ(GATU) is putted on the back the number.
When you wanna say April, July, September, you have to choice し(SHI),しち(SHICHI), く(KU).
Is this possible to change to English from Japanese?
(In Japan, the date is written in the order of year, month, day, the day of week. )
1. Thursday, 18th, October, 2018
2. 6:18
3. Saturday, 20th, April 1996
4. Tuesday, 10th September, 2013
5. 3:54
I will show you the answer in the next lesson.
The answer of lesson 4.
1. やま
2. みず
3. なつ
4. はやし
5. ゆき
6. すな
7. かみなり
8. こうずい
9. はな
10. じしん
That`s all for today. Thank you for watching my site, sayonara!
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