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Numbers and counting

1いちichi
2ni
3さんsan
4shi
5go
6ろくroku
7しち/なな shichi/nana
8はちhachi
9きゅうkyuu
10じゅうjuu
10じゅう juu
100ひゃく hyaku
1,000せん sen
104まん man
108おく oku
1012ちょう chou
1016けい kei
1020がい gai
1024じょ jo
1028じょう jou

The numbers above are the basic units used. For other numbers the units are put together to form the desired number as the following examples shows:

11十一じゅういち
12十二じゅうに
13十三じゅうさん
14十四じゅうし
15十五じゅうご
16十六じゅうろく
17十七じゅうしち/なな
18十八じゅうはち
19十九じゅうきゅう
20二十にじゅう
21二十二にじゅういち
22二十一にじゅうに
111百十一ひゃくじゅういち
112百十二ひゃくじゅうに
200二百にひゃく
201二百一にひゃくいち
1111千百十一 せんひゃくじゅういち
9123九千百二十三 きゅうせんひゃくにじゅうさん

Just remember to begin with the largest unit and end with the smallest. Numbers follows the same logic as in English up to thousand. Large numbers in Japanese are grouped with 4 zeroes compared with the western system with 3 zeroes. It's quite a different logic and it can be very confusing in the beginning.

Kanji Interpretation
10,000"Ten thousand"
100,000十万Ten "Ten thousand"
1000,000百万Hundred "Ten thousand"
10,000,000千万Thousand "Ten thousand"
100,000,000"Hundred million"


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