What does 数字（numbers 1-100） mean? Japanese grammar N5

How to use it

Counting, stating a price, quantity.

• 1-10: いち・に・さん・し(よん)・ご・ろく・しち(なな)・はち・きゅう(く)・じゅう.
• From 11 onward they combine: 11 = じゅういち (10+1), 20 = にじゅう (2×10), 25 = にじゅうご.
• 4, 7, and 9 have two readings each. When counting days/hours, よん・なな・きゅう is usually preferred to avoid confusion.
• 100 = ひゃく, 1000 = せん, 10000 = まん. Note the sound changes: 300 = さんびゃく, 600 = ろっぴゃく, 800 = はっぴゃく.

Examples

• このかばんは三(さん)千(せん)円(えん)です。

  This bag is 3000 yen.

• 学生(がくせい)は二(に)十(じゅう)人(にん)います。

  There are twenty students.

Common mistakes

• Wrongさんひゃく円(えん)

  Correctさんびゃく円(えん)

  300 changes sound to さんびゃく — you don't read each character separately.

Related patterns

• ～つ (counter)