Counting to a Hundred in Japanese

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こんにちは, everyone! Welcome back to Teach Me Japanese.

Today's lesson is a bit simpler than usual, but very necessary. We are going to learn how to count to 100 in Japanese!

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一（いち）----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- one

二（に）---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- two

三（さん）----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- three

四（よん・し）-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- four

五（ご）---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- five

六（ろく）------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ six

七（なな・しち）--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- seven

八（はち）------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ eight

九（きゅう・く）------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nine

十（じゅう）------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ten

十一（じゅういち）----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- eleven

十二（じゅうに）--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- twelve

十三（じゅうさん）---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- thirteen

十四（じゅうよん）---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fourteen

十五（じゅうご）--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fifteen

十六（じゅうろく）---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sixteen

十七（じゅうなな）---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- seventeen

十八（じゅうはち）---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- eighteen

十九（じゅうきゅう）----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nineteen

二十（にじゅう）--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- twenty

二十一（にじゅういち）------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- twenty one

二十二（にじゅうに）------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ twenty two

二十三（にじゅうさん）------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ twenty three

二十三（にじゅうさん）------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- twenty threer

二十五（にじゅうご）------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ twenty five

二十六（にじゅうろく）------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- twenty six

二十七（にじゅうなな）------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- twenty seven

二十八（にじゅうはち）-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- twenty eight

二十九（にじゅうきゅう）--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- twenty nine

三十（さんじゅう）----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- thirty

三十一（さんじゅういち）--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- thirty one

三十二（さんじゅうに）-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- thirty two

三十三（さんじゅうさん）--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- thirty three

三十四（さんじゅうさん）--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- thirty four

三十五（さんじゅうご）-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- thirty five

三十六（さんじゅうろく）--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- thirty six

三十七（さんじゅうなな）--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- thirty seven

三十八（さんじゅうはち）--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- thirty eight

三十九（さんじゅうきゅう）---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- thirty nine

四十（よんじゅう）------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ forty

四十一（よんじゅういち）--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- forty one

四十二（よんじゅうに）-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- forty two

四十三（よんじゅうさん）--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- forty three

四十四（よんじゅうよん）--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- forty four

四十五（よんじゅうご）-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- forty five

四十六（よんじゅうろく）--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- forty six

四十七（よんじゅうなな）--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- forty seven

四十八（よんじゅうはち）--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- forty eight

四十九（よんじゅうきゅう）---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- forty nine

五十（ごじゅう）----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fifty

五十一（ごじゅういち）-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fifty one

五十二（ごじゅうに）------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fifty two

五十三（ごじゅうさん）-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fifty three

五十四（ごじゅうよん）-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fifty four

五十五（ごじゅうご）------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fifty five

五十六（ごじゅうろく）-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fifty six

五十七（ごじゅうなな）-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fifty seven

五十八（ごじゅうはち）-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fifty eight

五十九（ごじゅうきゅう）---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fifty nine

六十（ろくじゅう）------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ sixty

六十一（ろくじゅういち）---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sixty one

六十二（ろくじゅうに）--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sixty two

六十三（ろくじゅうさん）---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sixty three

六十四（ろくじゅうよん）---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sixty four

六十五（ろくじゅうご）--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sixty five

六十六（ろくじゅうろく）---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sixty six

六十七（ろくじゅうなな）----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sixty seven

六十八（ろくじゅうはち）----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sixty eight

六十九（ろくじゅうきゅう）------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ sixty nine

七十（ななじゅう）------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- seventy

七十一（ななじゅういち）----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- seventy one

七十二（ななじゅうに）---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- seventy two

七十三（ななじゅうさん）----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- seventy three

七十四（ななじゅうよん）----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- seventy four

七十五（ななじゅうご）--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- seventy five

七十六（ななじゅうろく）----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- seventy six

七十七（ななじゅうなな）----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- seventy seven

七十八（ななじゅうはち）----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- seventy eight

七十九（ななじゅうきゅう）------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- seventy one

八十（はちじゅう）-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- eighty

八十一（はちじゅういち）----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- eighty one

八十二（はちじゅうに）---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- eighty two

八十三（はちじゅうさん）----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- eighty three

八十四（はちじゅうよん）----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- eighty four

八十五（はちじゅうご）---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- eighty five

八十六（はちじゅうろく）----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- eighty six

八十七（はちじゅうなな）----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- eighty seven

八十八（はちじゅうはち）----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- eighty eight

八十九（はちじゅうきゅう）------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ eighty nine

九十（きゅうじゅう）--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ninety

九十一（きゅうじゅういち）------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ninety one

九十二（きゅうじゅうに）------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ninety two

九十三（きゅうじゅうさん）------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ninety three

九十四（きゅうじゅうよん）------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ninety four

九十五（きゅうじゅうご）----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ninety five

九十六（きゅうじゅうろく）------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ninety six

九十七（きゅうじゅうなな）------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ninety seven

九十八（きゅうじゅうはち）------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ninety eight

九十九（きゅうじゅうきゅう）--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ninety nine

百（ひゃく）------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ one hundred

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One through ten are kind of simple, but it's worth noting that the numbers 4, 7, and 9 have two or more different readings. You can use either, but keep in mind that し(shi) or 4 also means death, and is considered unlucky in Japanese. That being said, many Japanese people use し when counting.

Numbers above ten have a pretty simple system to them, so once you get the first two sets down (11-29), you will know how to count all the way until ninety nine.

Numbers 11-19 are quite literally:

ten-one, ten-two, ten-three (and so on)

And all the rest of the numbers to one hundred all follow the same system:

two-ten, two-ten-one, two-ten-two (etc. etc.)

units of one hundred are counted as 百（ひゃく）ie. 百,二百,三百（ひゃく, にひゃく, さんびゃく）and so on. 300, 600, and 800 are special so the constant ひ changes slightly; さんびゃく, ろっぴゃく, and はっぴゃく respectively. Also note that the ku in ろく and the chi in はち are also cut off and replaced with a small つ.

Here is some supplementary vocabulary:

れい・ゼロ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- zero

千（せん）------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ thousand

一万（いちまん）--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ten thousand

一億（いちおく）---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- one hundred million

一兆（いっちょう）----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- one trillion

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As always, がんばってね！

Lauren