Counting in Japanese

Whenever we count during training, it's done in Japanese.  Do your best to use your voice properly (loud and clear) so everyone who needs to hear you can.  Be careful not to let your counting become screaming as that would be considered disrespectful.  Counting in Japanese is easy, once you understand the method.  You can count from 1 to 99 simply by learning 1 through 10 and how to combine them.

NOTE: For the pronunciations, each syllable (sound-group) should take the same length of time to say.  For example, the number 21 Ni ju ichi  is pronounced “nee-djyuu-ee-tchee “.  The “nee” in ni should take just as long as the “djyuu” in jyu.The hyphen symbol (“-“) divides each syllable.  Also, the syllable in bold type-face should be pronounced with slightly more emphasis.

1 through 10:

English Japanese Pronunciation
One  Ichi  ee-tchee”
Two Ni nee
Three San sann
Four Shi / Yon shee” / “yawnn
Five Go go
Six Roku roe-koo”
Seven Shichi / Nana shee-tchi” / “nna-nna”
Eight Hachi ha-tchee”
Nine Kyu / Ku kyoo” / “koo
Ten Ju dyjoo

11 through 19 (notice how we are just adding to 10?):

English Japanese Pronunciation
Eleven  Ju ichi  djyoo-ee-tchee”
Twelve Ju ni djyoo-nee”
Thirteen Ju san djyoo-sann”
Fourteen Ju shi djyoo-shee”
Fifteen Ju go djyoo-go”
Sixteen Ju roku djyoo-roe-koo”
Seventeen Ju shichi djyoo-shee-tchee”
Eighteen Ju hachi djyoo-ha-tchee”
Nineteen Ju ku djyoo-koo”

Over 20 (notice how 20 is really just 2 10's and how the alternate pronunciations for 4 and 7 are used):

English Japanese Pronunciation
Twenty Ni ju nee-djyoo”
Twenty one Ni ju ichi nee-djyoo-ee-tchee”
Twenty two Ni ju ni nee-djyoo-nee”
Thirty San ju sann-djyoo”
Thirty one San ju ichi sann-djyoo-ee-tchee”
Forty Yon ju yawnn-djyoo”
Forty one Yon ju ichi yawnn-djyoo-ee-tchee”
Seventy Nana ju nna-nna-djyoo”
Seventy one Nana ju ichi nna-nna-djyoo-ee-tchee”
Ninety nine Kyu ju kyu kyoo-djyoo-kyoo”
Hundred Hyaku / Byaku / Pyaku hya-ku” / “bya-ku” / ”pya-ku”
Thousand Sen / Zen senn” / “zenn
Ten Thousand Man mann

 

Note: Three Hundred (San Byaku) is pronounced "sam-bya-koo" and Eight Hundred (Hap Pyaku) is "hap-pya-koo"