La scrittura
I numeri
Numeri da 1 a 10
1 (ichi) 6 (roku)
2 (ni) 7 (hichi or nana)
3 (san) 8 (hachi)
4 (shi or yon) 9 (ku or kyu)
5 (go) 10 (ju)


Numeri da 11 a 99

11 (ju-ichi)

22 (ni-ju-ni)

12 (ju-ni)

23 (ni-ju-san)

13 (ju-san)

24 (ni-ju-shi or ni-ju-yon)

14 (ju-shi or ju-yon)

25 (ni-ju-go)

15 (ju-go)

26 (ni-ju-roku)

16 (ju-roku)

27 (ni-ju-hichi or ni-ju-nana)

17 (ju-hichi or ju-nana)

28 (ni-ju-hachi)

18 (ju-hachi)

29 (ni-ju-ku or ni-ju-kyu)

19 (ju-ku or ju-kyu)
30 (san-ju)

20 (ni-ju)

31 (san-ju-ichi)


21 (ni-ju-ichi) *Lo stesso metodo è usato fino a 99*

99 (kyu-ju-kyu)


Da 100 in poi

100 (hyaku)

101 (hyaku-ichi)

*Lo stesso schema si utilizza fino a 199*

200 (ni-hyaku)

*

300 (san-byaku) *pronuncia irregolare*

*

400 (yon-hyaku)

*

500 (go-hyaku)

*

600 (roppyaku) *pronuncia irregolare*

*

700 (nana-hyaku)

*

800 (happyaku) *pronuncia irregolare*

*

900 (kyu-hyaku)

*

1,000 (sen)

*

2,000 (ni-sen)

*

3,000 (san-zen) *pronuncia irregolare*

*

4,000 (yon-sen)

*

5,000 (go-sen)

*

6,000 (roku-sen)

*

7,000 (nana-sen)

*

8,000 (hassen) *pronuncia irregolare*

*

9,000 (kyu-sen)

*

10,000 (ichi-man)

*

20,000 (ni-man)

*Let's skip to 100,000*

100,000 (ju-man)

*

1,000,000 (hyaku-man)

*

10,000,000 (sen-man)

*

100,000,000 (ichi-oku)

*

1,000,000,000 (ju-oku)

*

10,000,000,000 (hyaku-oku)

*

100,000,000,000 (sen-oku)

*

1000,000,000,000 (itcho) *pronuncia irregolare*

*

2,000,000,000,000 (ni-cho)

*the same pattern applies up to 8,000,000,000,000*

8,000,000,000,000 (hatcho) *pronuncia irregolare*

*

9,000,000,000,000 (kyu-cho)

*

10,000,000,000,000 (jutcho) *pronuncia irregolare*

*

20,000,000,000,000 (ni-jutcho) *pronuncia irregolare*

*

30,000,000,000,000 (san-jutcho) *pronuncia irregolare*

*remain irregular up to 100,000,000,000,000*

*

100,000,000,000,000 (hyaku-cho)

*

1,000,000,000,000,000 (sen-cho)