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Numbers, Counters, Time & Dates

Numbers, counters, telling time, days, months and dates
いち に さん し ご
1 2 3 4 5
ichi ni san shi/yon go
4 can be shi or yon; 7 can be shichi or nana
ろく しち はち きゅう じゅう
6 7 8 9 10
roku shichi/nana hachi kyuu juu
Numbers 6–10
じゅういち...にじゅう
11...20
juuichi ... nijuu
11 = 10+1 (juuichi); 20 = 2×10 (nijuu)
百 千 万
hundred, thousand, ten-thousand
hyaku, sen, man
万 (man) = 10,000 is a key unit
助数詞 — counters
counters (classifiers)
counters
Different counters for different object types
～つ (general counter)
-tsu (general counter)
hitotsu, futatsu, mittsu
ひとつ, ふたつ... for general objects 1–10
～時 — o'clock
-ji — o'clock
ichi-ji, ni-ji
今 何時ですか = What time is it now?
曜日: 月曜日, 火曜日
days: Monday, Tuesday
getsuyoubi, kayoubi
Days end in 曜日 (youbi)
月: 一月, 二月
months: January, February
ichigatsu, nigatsu
Months = number + 月 (gatsu)
今日 / 昨日 / 明日
today / yesterday / tomorrow
kyou / kinou / ashita
Basic time-reference words