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This page is on the Japanese numbers. There are two sets of numbers in Japanese, the ones that were taken from Chinese, and the ones that are native to Japanese. They are used for different purposes.
Sino-Japanese numbers
1 一 いち
2 二 に
3 三 さん
4 四 し・よ・よん
5 五 ご
6 六 ろく
7 七 しち・なな
8 八 はち
9 九 きゅう・く
10 十 じゅう
100 百 ひゃく
1000 千 せん
10000 万 まん
Native Japanese Numbers
These numbers are used in special word constructions from older Japanese that are usually used to count things that are normally not counted using sino-japanese constructions.
This is one form of the Japanese native numbers, it's the form you will most often see them in, and their pronunciation in other forms will be similar to the pronunciation of these.
一つ ひとつ
二つ ふたつ
三つ みっつ
四つ よっつ
五つ いつつ
六つ むっつ
七つ ななつ
八つ やっつ
九つ ここのつ
十 とお
One thing to point out is two very commonly used constructions with the native Japanese numbers are the words 一人 and 二人 pronounced ひとり and ふたり respectively. They mean alone or together (as two people). Any groups larger than that use sino-japanese numerals (such as 三人 さんにん).
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