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ඉලක්කම්, දින සහ වේලාව

Numbers, dates & time

Numbers show up everywhere in the exam: prices, dates, times and ages. Learn the patterns and the few exceptions.

ජපන් ඉලක්කම්, සතියේ දින, මාස, දිනයන් සහ වේලාව කියන ආකාරය.

Numbers 0 to 10,000

Big numbers are built from these. 11 is 十一 (ten-one), 20 is 二十 (two-ten).

No.KanjiReadingListen
0零ぜろ / れい
zero / rei
1一いち
ichi
2二に
ni
3三さん
san
4四よん / し
yon / shi
5五ご
go
6六ろく
roku
7七なな / しち
nana / shichi
8八はち
hachi
9九きゅう / く
kyū / ku
10十じゅう
jū
100百ひゃく
hyaku
1,000千せん
sen
10,000万いちまん
ichiman

Sound changes to learn by heart

These are the numbers students lose marks on. The sound changes to make them easier to say.

300三百さんびゃく
600六百ろっぴゃく
800八百はっぴゃく
3,000三千さんぜん
8,000八千はっせん

Big numbers group in 10,000s, not 1,000s. 万 (man) = 10,000, so 50,000 is 五万 (5 × 10,000).

Number reader

Up to 99,999,999. Try your phone price, your birth year or 8,000.

Days and months

Rows marked irregular don't follow the pattern.

Days of the week

月曜日げつようびMonday
火曜日かようびTuesday
水曜日すいようびWednesday
木曜日もくようびThursday
金曜日きんようびFriday
土曜日どようびSaturday
日曜日にちようびSunday

Months

一月いちがつJanuary
二月にがつFebruary
三月さんがつMarch
四月しがつApril
五月ごがつMay
六月ろくがつJune
七月しちがつJuly
八月はちがつAugust
九月くがつSeptember
十月じゅうがつOctober
十一月じゅういちがつNovember
十二月じゅうにがつDecember

Dates and time

Dates 1 to 10 have their own words. After that, most dates are just the number + にち.

Dates of the month

一日ついたち1st
二日ふつか2nd
三日みっか3rd
四日よっか4th
五日いつか5th
六日むいか6th
七日なのか7th
八日ようか8th
九日ここのか9th
十日とおか10th
十四日じゅうよっか14th
二十日はつか20th
二十四日にじゅうよっか24th

Every other date follows the pattern: 十一日 じゅういちにち (11th), 十五日 じゅうごにち (15th).

Hours (〜時)

一時いちじ
二時にじ
三時さんじ
四時よじ
五時ごじ
六時ろくじ
七時しちじ
八時はちじ
九時くじ
十時じゅうじ
十一時じゅういちじ
十二時じゅうにじ

Minutes (〜分)

一分いっぷん
二分にふん
三分さんぷん
四分よんぷん
五分ごふん
六分ろっぷん
七分ななふん
八分はっぷん
九分きゅうふん
十分じゅっぷん
三十分 / 半さんじゅっぷん / はん

半 (はん) means "half past". 三時半 is "san-ji han", 3.30.

Counting things and people

Japanese uses counters. These two come up most often.

No.Things (〜つ)People (〜人)
1ひとつひとり
2ふたつふたり
3みっつさんにん
4よっつよにん
5いつつごにん
6むっつろくにん
7ななつしちにん / ななにん
8やっつはちにん
9ここのつきゅうにん
10とおじゅうにん

Check yourself

Ten quick questions. Get 8 right to pass this lesson.

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