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Japanese Numbers Vocabulary

一 (one)

一  (いち) one
一つ (ひとつ) one thing
一時 (いちじ) one o'clock
一分 (いっぷん) one minute
一月 (いちがつ) January
一日 (いちにち) one day
一日 (ついたち) the 1st day of the month
一人 (ひとり) one person
一番 (いちばん) number on

二 (two)

二 (に) two
二つ (ふたつ) two things
二時 (にじ) two o'clock
二月 (にがつ) February
二人 (ふたり) two people
二日 (ふつか) the 2nd of the month / two days
二十日 (はつか) the 20th of the month / twenty days
二十歳 (はたち/はじゅっさい) 20 years old

三 (three)

三 (さん) three
三つ (みっつ) three things
三時 (さんじ) three o'clock
三月 (さんがつ) March
三日 (みっか) the 3rd of the month
三人 (なんにん) three people
三歳 (さんさい) three years old
三日月 (みかづき) cresent moon

四 (four)

四 (よん/し)
四つ (よっつ)
四時 (よじ)
四月 (しがつ)
四日 (よっか)
四人 (よにん)
四年制 (よねんせい)
四歳 (よんさい)

五 (ご) five
五つ (いつつ) five things
五時 (ごじ) five o'clock
五月 (ごがつ) May
五日 (いつか) the 5th day of the month / five days
五年 (ごねん) five years
五人 (ごにん) five people
五歳 (ごさい) five years old

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