numbers

In this lesson, we will study Japanese numbers. Let's start with one through ten.
1 - 10 rei or zero ichi ni san shi or yon go roku nana or shichi hachi kyuu or ku juu	zero one two three four five six seven eight nine ten
Note that several of the numbers have two pronunciations. Each pronunciation is used in specific situations. Sometimes either pronunciation is acceptable.
11 - 19 The numbers from 11 to 19 are formed by putting the appropriate number after ten. Thus 11 is juu + ichi = juuichi.
juu-ichi juu-ni juu-san juu-shi or juu-yon juu-go juu-roku juu-nana or juu-shichi juu-hachi juu-kyuu or juu-ku	11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 - 90 The numbers from 20 to 90 are formed by putting the appropriate number before ten. Thus 20 is ni + juu = nijuu. Think of it like saying 'two tens.'
ni-juu san-juu yon-juu go-juu roku-juu nana-juu hachi-juu kyuu-juu	twenty thirty fourty (Not shi-juu) fifty sixty seventy eighty ninety (Not ku-juu)
Other numbers can be formed in ways similar to the 1-19 and 20-90 ways. For example, 21 is formed by making twenty, then adding one. 21 = ni + juu + ichi = nijuuichi. Or, 'two tens and one' is twenty one.
Examples: san-juu-ni roku-juu-nana yon-juu-hachi kyuu-juu-ku	32 67 48 99
100 - 900 One hundred is hyaku. The numbers from 200 to 900 are formed like the numbers from 20-90. Be careful as there are some exceptions in pronunciation.
nihyaku sanbyaku yonhyaku gohyaku roppyaku nanahyaku happyaku kyuuhyaku	200 300 * 400 500 600 * 700 800 * 900
Note the exceptions in pronunciation for the numbers with asterisks.
Larger Numbers: sen man juu-man hyaku-man sen-man oku	thousand ten thousand hundred thousand million ten million hundred million