Numbers

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(いち), ichi, one


(に), ni, two


(さん), san, three


(し/よん), shi/yon, four


(ご), go, five


(ろく), roku, six


(なな/しち), nana/shichi, seven


(はち), hachi, eight


(くゅう/く), kyuu/ku, nine


じゅう/じゅ), jyuu/ju, ten

For numbers past ten, you'll put ten first and then add the second number after. For example:

十一
(じゅういち), jyuu ichi, eleven

十二
(じゅうに), jyuu ni, twelve

十三
(じゅうさん), jyuu san, thirteen

十四
(じゅよん), jyuu yon, fourteen

And so on. (I'm not the best at explaining these things lmao) For twenty and up, you'll do something similar to the tens. You'll put the two first, then the ten, and then the number. For example:

二十
(にじゅう), ni jyuu, twenty

二十一
(にじゅういち), ni jyuu ichi, twenty one

二十二
(にじゅうに), ni jyuu ni, twenty two

二十三
(にじゅうさん), ni jyuu san, twenty three

And so on. This goes for 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 and 90.


(ひゃく), hyaku, one hundred

百一
(ひゃくいち), hyaku ichi, one hundred and one

二百
(にひゃく), ni hyaku, two hundred

三百
(さんびゃく), san byaku, three hundred

四百
(よんひゃく), yon hyaku, four hundred

五百
(ごひゃく), go hyaku, five hundred

六百
(ろっぴゃく), roppyaku, six hundred

七百
(ななひゃく), nana hyaku, seven hundred

八百
(はっぴゃく), happyaku, eight hundred

九百
(くゅうひゃく), kyuu hyaku, nine hundred

Now for the thousands.


(せん), sen, one thousand

千一
(せんいち), sen ichi, one thousand and one

千十
(せんじゅう), sen jyuu, one thousand and ten

千百
(せんひゃく), sen hyaku, one thousand one hundred

千百十
(せんひゃくじゅう), sen hyaku jyuu, one thousand one hundred and ten

千百十一
(せんひゃくじゅういち), sen hyaku jyuu ichi, one thousand one hundred and eleven

二千
(にせん), ni sen, two thousand

三千
(さんぜん), san zen, three thousand

四千
(よんせん), yon sen, four thousand

五千
(ごせん), go sen, five thousand

六千
(ろくせん), roku sen, six thousand

七千
(ななせん), nana sen, seven thousand

八千
(はちせん) hachi sen, eight thousand

九千
(くゅうせん), kyuu sen, nine thousand

一万
(いちまん), ichi man, ten thousand

二万
(にまん), ni man, twenty thousand

And so on.

And this concludes the first chapter. Next chapter will be some basic kanji, or lesson 1. Again, feel free to correct any mistakes you see along the way! It really helps me learn, especially if you're a native speaker. Thank you for reading!

-Author-chan

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