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Count in Japanese
The everyday readings for saying numbers aloud, from 0 to 9999.
JLPTN5
0–10 000
Most numbers have one reading, but four, seven and nine have more than one: よん, し or よ, なな or しち, きゅう or く. Everyday speech uses よん, なな and きゅう, and those are the ones phone numbers use. The others belong to fixed expressions: しがつ is April, しちじ seven o'clock, くじ nine o'clock, よじ four o'clock. Zero is ゼロ or れい.
Building on from ten
じゅういちjuuichi
11
じゅうにjuuni
12
じゅうさんjuusan
13
じゅうよんjuuyon
14
じゅうごjuugo
15
じゅうろくjuuroku
16
じゅうななjuunana
17
じゅうはちjuuhachi
18
じゅうきゅうjuukyuu
19
にじゅうnijuu
20
さんじゅうsanjuu
30
よんじゅうyonjuu
40
ごじゅうgojuu
50
ろくじゅうrokujuu
60
ななじゅうnanajuu
70
はちじゅうhachijuu
80
きゅうじゅうkyuujuu
90
ひゃくhyaku
100
せんsen
1 000
いちまんichiman
10 000
Tips and Common Traps
Maru· Common trap
Seventy is ななじゅう. しち only turns up in fixed expressions like しちじ, never in tens.