Counting

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Here's how you count in Japanese:

Zero - 0
Ichi - 1
Ni - 2
San - 3
Shi - 4
Go - 5
Rok - 6
Shichi - 7
Hachi - 8
Kyu - 9
Ju - 10
Ju-Ichi - 11
Ju-Ni - 12
Ju-San - 13
Ju-Shi - 14
Ju-Go - 15
Ju-Rok - 16
Ju-Shichi - 17
Ju-Hachi - 18
Ju-Kyu - 19
Ni-Ju - 20
Ni-Ju-Ichi - 21
Ni-Ju-Ni - 22
Hyak - 100  

[Kawaii_Kenji]

sen - 1000

mon - 10000

300 - sanbyaku  

[Tenzin Chodron]

Quote:

一つ (ひとつ) "hitotsu" - One thing
二つ (ふたつ) "futatsu" - Two things
三つ (みっつ) "mittsu" - Three things
四つ (よつ) "yotsu" - Four things
五つ (いつつ) "itsutsu" - Five things
六つ (むっつ) "muttsu" - Six things
七つ (ななつ) "nanatsu" - Seven things
八つ (やっつ) "yattsu" - Eight things
九つ (ここのつ) "kokonotsu" - Nine things
十 (とお) "too" - Ten things

Please note that none of these words literally means "things." These counters are meant to refer to quantities of things.

 

[_x_haruko-chan_x_]

Counting People

1 Person-Hitori
2 People-Futari
3 People-San-nin
4 People-Yon-nin
5 People-Go-nin

.....And so on using the numbers ^_^  

[chinotenshi]

Kawaii_Kenji

sen - 1000

mon - 10000

300 - sanbyaku

Correction: 10,000 is pronounced "man" not "mon".  

[Hermonie Urameshi]

When counting 4 is yon.