Questions tagged [numbers]
数字. The various spoken and written forms of words and characters covering digits, numbers, numerals, including derived forms such as ordinals.
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What is the correct expression of 10/20, 20/30, 30/40 etc?
On a news report, I heard the phrase 四五{しご}十{じゅう}メートル and it got me thinking about how to express other number approximations. Are the following correct?
10 or 20 meters じゅうにじゅうメートル
20 or 30 ...
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How do you say “some”, “many”, “a few”, and “few” when refering to people?
So, of course, I know words like 多い, たくさん, 少ない, 少し, and 何+[counter]+か to express "many", "few", "a few", and "some" in most contexts. However, I have absolutely no idea what are the Japanese ...
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How to say “to” as in “2 to 3 puppies”, “100 to 120 cm”, “June 3rd to July 4th”, “2010-2015” in Japanese? [duplicate]
What is the correct way to say "to" as in, for example, "2 to 3 puppies", "100 to 120 cm", "from June 3rd to July 4th", "from 2010 to 2015" in Japanese? And does that way apply to spellings with the ...
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Different ways of saying “single”?
I am trying to translate basic combat to Japanese, but find myself struggling as to which form of "x of this" to use.
I am currently trying to figure out how to say "single," as in "single punch," ...
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Can 11,000 be written １.１万?
I have seen 11,000 written as １万１０００, but not as １.１万 (the way one may write '3.5 millions'). Is this possible?
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How many things? AとBがふたつ
その上には熱帯魚の水槽と何かのトロフィーがふたつのっている
This is a quote from "The wind-up bird and Tuesday's Women." How many fish tanks are there? How many trophies?
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Is there a methodology for forming the intuition to count in myriads?
In my native language (not Japanese), the Sino-Xenic word for "ten thousand" (萬) is only used in historical contexts. In modern times, the Western way of counting in thousands is much preferred, and ...
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What is the meaning of 七五三 in the sentence, 七五三のしゃしんです。
I was looking at the following sentence under a picture that I unfortunately cannot provide:
七五三のしゃしんです。
I believe the sentence reads "It's a picture of 753"... which doesn't make sense.
I know ...
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Why 112 is pronounced as ippyakujuuni instead of ichihyakujuuni?
I ran across Jim Breen's page (http://nihongo.monash.edu/jnumbers.html) regarding numbers, it links to an image (provided below) which I found confusing.
It reads 112 as ippyakujuuni, and 1386 as ...
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Meaning of 以上 and 以下 according to water depth level
Reading a text like:
海の深さが200m以上{いじょう}
The first thing that came into my mind was:
Above a level of 200m depth
But then I realized that my understanding can be wrong and it may mean something ...
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What is the significance of number 8 (八) in Japanese? [duplicate]
I've noticed a couple of words with the character 八 that have (seemingly) nothing to do with the number 8.
八百屋【やおや】 - greengrocer
八つ【やつ】当たり【あたり】 - taking out anger on someone
八丁【はっちょう】 - ...
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What does 中３の２５％ exactly mean?
I am not sure about the first part of
「中３の２５％、短文も理解困難」
Do you read 中 as ちゅう here?
25% of 3 would be 0.75% if I am not mistaken. Therefore does it mean something like 「around 0.75% of the ...
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How do Japanese people group numbers? [duplicate]
Do Japanese people group numbers in 3 or 4? (100,000,000 vs 10,0000,0000)
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How are numbers pronounced in (movie) titles? (i.e. ジョーズ３)
For example, ジョーズ３ (i.e. "Jaws Three") is in a list of movies. Would the "3" be pronounced "さん"? Typically, counter words follow after a number in Japanese. And sometimes the number's reading ...
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＃回に＃度: probability or sequence?
In a game manual, there is a description of a rare item that sometimes appears instead of a regular one. The rule determining when this rare item appears is this:
16回に１度、Ｘのかわりに出現。
In an earlier ...
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Meaning of “１部２万”
たかが感想文とはいえ、ほどほどにリアルな文体と内容が好評で、今では俺の量産する感想文は現在１部２万で取引されている。
speaker talking about his trivial job of writing feedback for literature aimed at elementary schoolers, how many is １部２万 exactly?
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What is the correct pronunciation of 唯一
For the word (or composition of two words): 唯一,
sometimes also written as: 唯一つ,
Two possible pronunciations come to my mind:
ゆいいつ [yuiitsu] -onyomi
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ただ ひとつ [tada hitotsu] -kunyomi
Which one is ...
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Are typhoons more commonly referred to by number or name?
Do Japanese ever assign a name to a typhoon, or are they always numbered? In most countries the name is more commonly used.
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Mixed Fractions/Mixed Numerals in Japanese
So I know how to read normal fractions (like 1/2) in Japanese but I was wondering how to read mixed fractions (such as 3 1/2). Would one just say 三と二分の一?
Thanks.
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Question about the characters on Japanese Yen banknotes
Apologies in advance if this is not the best place for this question. Apologies also that I couldn't "tag" this question very well as I had to fight with the tagging system for 5 minutes before I ...
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What is the equivalent in arabic numbers of ３．２千
Sorry if this question seems to be stupid, but I'm not a japanese speaker, yet I have to "translate" Japanese numbers to Arabic numbers.
I have a problem with the chain ３．２千 :
according to https://...
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Pitch accent for numbers?
I haven't been able to find a good source online, so I'm asking you guys. What is the pitch-accent rule for numbers? Is 十五 (じゅうご) a 0 or a 1 or a 3 or what? Is there a general pattern?
I realize that ...
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Listing things off: Using Hitotsu repeatedly
I've seen shows where they list things (etc rules, principles) with hitotsu for every point. I would expect hitotsu, futatsu... etc, to be the norm but it doesn't seem so. It didn't seem to be a ...
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Reading and translation for “1日目”, “2日目”, “3日目”, etc
I have a list referring to days of classes that reads this way:
1日目 - Ichinichime - Day 1
2日目 - Futsukame - Day 2
3日目 - Mikkame - Day 3
4日目 - Yokkame - Day 4
5日目 - Itsukame - Day 5
And so on (until ...
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How do I say 2100 and 2210 in terms of the 100 and the 10?
Is 2100 nisen hyaku or nisen yihyaku ?
Similarly for 2210, nisen nihyaku juu or nisen nihyaku yijuu ?
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The yomikata of 十三
This has been obsessing me for quite a while. While 十三 is normally pronounced ジュウサン, it is often pronounced ジュウゾウ in people's names and also pronounced ジュウソウ in names of places. I am wondering how ...
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Why use 「一〇点」 instead of 「十点」 and how do I read it?
I'm reading the Japanese version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. When Oliver Wood is explaining Quidditch rules to Harry, he says:
輪に入るたびに一〇点だ。
Why say 「一〇点」 instead of 「十点」? How do I ...
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Why is 九時 (9 o'clock) pronounced “Ku-ji” and not “Kyu-ji”?
Why, when saying times in Japanese, does the pronunciation for 九 (9) change?
I recently had to figure this out when my Siri wouldn't recognize it when I asked him to set an alarm for 9 o'clock, he ...
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Writing the decimal part of a number after the unit of measurement
日本の記録は２分５３秒８９で、オリンピックの新しい記録になりました。
The Japanese result was 2 minutes 53.89 seconds and became a new Olympic record.
I haven't seen this way of writing a decimal number before, by putting the unit ...
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Is a の said after the first three digtis of 10 phone number?
Lets say my phone number is (123)456-7890.
Should I pronounce it as:
いちにさん よんごろくの ななはちきゅうゼロ
or
いちにさんの よんごろくの ななはちきゅうゼロ
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Filling out a cheque - 金
I'm watching a drama and there's a scene with a closeup of a cheque. It shows the box where you would write the amount to pay, which I've parsed as below. What is 金 used for and how is it read? 金額 ...
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Use of 以上 and 以下 with negative numbers
On the temperature in eastern Russia:
気温がいつもの年より１０℃以上低い－５０℃以上になっている所がたくさんあります。
There are many places that have reached less than -50℃, which is 10℃ lower than usual years.
Firstly, I was ...
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Why the same counter word is used for cups and octopuses?
Me and my fellow coworker have been discussing the article on Japanese counter words and this particular case has caught our attention:
[Pronunciation]はい hai, ぱい pai, ばい bai; [Spelling]杯, [Use] ...
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Hifumi vs Ichi Ni San
一二三 in Japanese is read as ichi ni san to mean, one two three.
But it can also be read as hifumi. What does hifumi mean?
From http://quest-for-japan.com/others/one-to-ten-in-japanese-2/ , it says it ...
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Meaning of プレミアついて２０万
Context: two high school girls talk about an expensive ring.
Girl A: 花江！そのリングどうしたの？それ 今 全然手に入らなくてネットでプレミアついて２０万くらいするんだよ。
花江: 知り合いから転売してもらったんだよね。30万で。
I found on dictionaries that プレミアついて ...
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Numbering pages (ex. PAGE ONE)
Although it might seem a tad pointless, I am trying to number pages in a document without using Arabic numerals (0, 1, 2 etc.). I would like the reading to similar to "PAGE ONE" or "FIRST PAGE." I'm ...
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日本人は日本語で番号を書くなら、アメリカの小数点かヨーロッパのを書きますの？
皆さん、こんにちは！
日本人は日本語に番号を書くことを学びますなら、
アメリカ風の小数点(1.0)か、ヨーロッパ風の(1,0)を書くことを学びますか？
日本語だけで尋ねてみたいですよ。
でも私の日本語もよくないんで、すみません。:)
ありがとう！:D
エディット:今、日本語だけで、英語じゃないです。
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Do Roman numerals have on and kun readings?
I know that kanji numbers can be read using on and kun readings. Does the same apply to Roman numerals?
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How to pronounce 5,60年?
I came across this sentence:
5,60年後の人々の生活がどう変わっているかとても想像できません。
I cannot imagine how the lifestyles of people will change after fifty, sixty years.
I am wondering how to pronounce the 5,60年 ...
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How to refer to a place by number
Suppose I'm at a bank and all the service counters are numbered. How can you say something like:
Please come to counter number 2.
If all the counters were active and numbered in order then I guess ...
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How to read 24-hour clock format
There are a lot of topics on forums in what case Japanese people use 24-hour clock format. But I have never seen how it should be pronounced. It's not hard to say something like 8:05. This is common ...
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Can anybody here substantiate this anecdote in V. I. Arnold's book “Yesterday and long ago”?
It can be found on page 124 of the edition I own and it goes as follows:
The abstract idea of a number (independent of what is counted) is not evident, and abstract numbers do not exist in some ...
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数詞も suitable location
How should I determine which place I need to locate 「数詞{すうし} + も」? From my text book example:
1: 毎年何百枚も年賀状を出します
数詞も is now located in front of the noun 年賀状.
2: 卵を六つも食べた
Now 数詞も is located in ...
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How egregious a mistake is it to use the wrong reading for a number when counting?
I've learned that the readings for numbers in the context of counting have many irregularities to them (like 二十日 for example).
I'm wondering how noticeable it would be to get them wrong. For instance,...
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In conversation can you just say “万円です” or must you say “一万円です”?
I'm pretty sure it's natural to say "百{ひゃく}円です" as a casual abbreviation of "一百{いっぴゃく}円です" in a conversation. Same with "千{せん}円" vs. "一千{いっせん}円". This is similar in English conversation where it is ...
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Reading numbers in Japanese numeral-by-numeral instead of as a number
I was taught that generally numbers in Japanese should be read as:
123 => ひゃく にじゅう さん
However, I was wonder if there is any case where the numbers are read one-by-one, like:
123 => いち に さん
I ...
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mittsu vs san - what's the difference and what are these two forms called?
I am trying to learn the numbers and I see there are two different translations for the number 3 (and other numbers). When should I use one and when should I use the other? Is there a name for the ...
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How to count with rare counters
How do you pronounce "1–10 + some counter"? I have seen lists of common counters, but they may not contain less common counters, such as ～話 or ～膳.
How do I know how to count with rare counters?
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How Could One Read 4649?
In the Japanese version of Smash 4 for the Wii U, if you let the game come up with a name for you, one of the names it pops out is 4649. I'm assuming this is some joke based on the readings of the ...
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How would you say “please give me 10 of this”?
for example, これを一つください is please give me 10 of this.
then how should I say if it were 10, 11, 12, and more...?
