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COUNTING IN JAPANESE

In order to learn count up to ninety-nine all you really need to know are the Japanese terms for the numbers 1 through 10 - after that it is just a matter of remembering to combine these numbers in a specific sequence to get the desired result.  
The numbers from one to ten are pronounced as follows:
one - ichi
two -  ni
three - san
four - shi
five - go
six - roku
seven - shichi
eight - hachi
nine - kyu
ten - ju  
Above ten the numbers are pronounced differently: for example the number 11 in Japanese is translated as
"10 plus 1"
eleven - ju ichi
twelve - ju ni
thirteen - ju san
fourteen - ju shi
fifteen - ju go
sixteen - ju roku
seventeen - ju shichi
eighteen - ju hachi
nineteen - ju kyu 
twenty - ni ju 
Above the number twenty the numbers are again pronounced in a slightly different manner. For example the number 20 in Japanese translates as "2 - 10's" and continuing on therefore, the number 21 would be considered as "2 - 10's plus 1" twenty ni ju twenty-one ni juichi twenty-two ni juni and so on - all the way up to the number 99.   For example the number 56 would be "5 - 10's plus 6" - or - "gojuroku" - the number 61 would then be "6 - 10's plus 1" - or - "rokujuichi" and so on and so on.   The number 100 is pronounced as "hyaku" so counting above 100 is basically just a matter of adding the word "hyaku" in the appropriate place and then following the same general principle for example the number 150 is pronounced as "hyakugoju".  

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