Japansk

bers 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   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