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ホグワーツには一四二もの階段があった。
There were as many as 142 staircases at Hogwarts.

This is probably a daft question but I'd like to be sure. When you see a number written in kanji like 一四二 do you read it as ひゃくよんじゅうに or as separate numbers いち よん に? Does it make any difference if the text is written vertically?

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In this context, 一四二 obviously means one-hundred-and-forty-two, so it's read ひゃくよんじゅうに. You can read it as いちよんに when it's a room number, zip code, etc. The kan-sūji style is much more preferred in vertical writing, but writing it horizontally won't change how to read it.

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