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How to describe Numbers in Japanese

0-10 | 11 - 100 | 101 - 1,000 | 1,001 - 10,000

More than 10,000 | Related Phrases | Printable List (PDF)

0 - 10

日本語[Japanese]読み[Reading]数字[number]
0 (ゼロ/零)zero0
1 (一)ichi1
2 (二)ni2
3 (三)san3
4 (四)yon4
5 (五)go5
6 (六)roku6
7 (七)nana7
8 (八)hachi8
9 (九)kyū9
10 (十)10

This is the standard way of reading the numbers 0 to 10.

Kanji 零 is rarely used. It is usually written in Arabic number or Katakana.

Arabic number is used more often than Kanji numbers.

11 - 100

日本語 [nihongo]読み [yomi]数字 [sūji]
11 (十一)jūichi11
12 (十二)jūni12
13 (十三)jūsan13
14 (十四)jūyon14
15 (十五)jūgo15
16 (十六)jūroku16
17 (十七)jūnana17
18 (十八)jūhachi18
19 (十九)jūkyū19
20 (二十)nijū20
30 (三十)sanjū30
40 (四十)yonjū40
50 (五十)gojū50
60 (六十)rokujū60
70 (七十)nanajū70
80 (八十)hachijū80
90 (九十)kyūjū90
100 (百)hyaku100

101 - 1,000

日本語 [にほんご]読み [よみ]数字 [すうじ]
101 (百一、一〇一)hyakuichi101
200 (二百、二〇〇)nihyaku200
300 (三百、三〇〇)sanbyaku300
400 (四百、四〇〇)yonhyaku400
500 (五百、五〇〇)gohyaku500
600 (六百、六〇〇)roppyaku600
700 (七百、七〇〇)nanahyaku700
800 (八百、八〇〇)happyaku800
900 (九百、九〇〇)kyūhyaku900
1,000 (千、一〇〇〇)sen1,000

Irregular readings are colored in red.

These changes happen because of the interaction between two syllables. It's better to just get used to it, rather than analyzing it.

To describe the price or the western calender year, units 十, 百, 千 are usually omitted. For example, 1980 is 一九八五, not 千九百八十五.

1,001 - 10,000

日本語読み数字
1,001 (千一、一〇〇一)senichi1,001
2,000 (二千)nisen2,000
3,000 (三千)sanzen3,000
4,000 (四千)yonsen4,000
5,000 (五千)gosen5,000
6,000 (六千)rokusen6,000
7,000 (七千)nanasen7,000
8,000 (八千)hassen8,000
9,000 (九千)kyūsen9,000
10,000 (一万)ichiman10,000

10,000 is [ichi man], not just [man].

More than 10,000

日本語読み数字
1万1,001ichimanissenichi11,001
2万 (二万)niman20,000
10万 (十万)jūman100,000
100万 (百万)hyakuman1 million
1,000万 (一千万)issenman10 million
1億 (一億)ichioku100 million
10億 (十億)jūoku1 billion
100億 (百億)hyakuoku10 billion
1,000億 (一千億)issenoku100 billion
1兆 (一兆)icchō1 trillion
10兆 (十兆)jucchō10 trillion

When 1,000 appears in the higher units, you read it [issen (ichi + sen)]. For example, 21,000 is [ni man issen], 10 million is [issen man].

100 million is [ichi oku], not just [oku].

1 trillion is [icchō (ichi + chō)], not just [chō].

Related Phrases

Rate

日本語読み英語
10% (10パーセント)juppāsento10%
1割 (一割)ichi wari1/10 (10%)
25% (25パーセント)nijūgo pāsento25%
2割5分 (二割五分)ni wari go bu2.5/10 (25%)
50%の増加gojuppāsento no zōka50% increase
5割の減少go wari no genshō50% decrease
人口の5%jinkō no go pāsento5% of the population

As well as the percentage, the Japanese expression [wari] is also commonly used.

10% is read [juppāsento], not [jū pāsento].

Price

日本語読み英語
100円 (百円)hyaku en100 yen
500円割引gohyaku en waribiki500 yen discount
20%引きnijuppāsento biki20% off
半額hangakuhalf price

Decimal Fraction

日本語読み英語
0.1 ten ichi0.1
0.02 ten zeroni0.02

0 before the decimal point is read [rei], 0 after the point can be either way, [rei] or [zero].

Decimal point is [ten].

Fractional Number

日本語読み英語
2/5 (5分の2)5 bun no 22/5
3/7 (7分の3)7 bun no 33/7

Mathematical Expression

日本語読み英語
+ (足す)tasu
- (引く)hiku
× (掛ける)kakeru×
÷ (割る)waru÷
= (は)wa
1 + 1 = 21 tasu 1 wa 21 + 1 = 2
5 - 2 = 35 hiku 2 wa 35 - 2 = 3
3 × 3 = 93 kakeru 3 wa 93 × 3 = 9
8 ÷ 2 = 48 waru 2 wa 48 ÷ 2 = 4

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