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    Japanese Numbers Audio Quiz

    ByJessica Chen

    Listen, then pick the matching number. Answer all 20, then grade once. You can play each audio as many times as you want before submitting. Submit answers Reset Want it…

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    Number Puns And Goroawase, The Popular Ones, Fun Internal Links

    ByJessica Chen

    Goroawase is number wordplay. Digits map to sounds, then the sounds make a word or phrase. Brands use it, TV uses it, fans use it, and daily campaigns use it…

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    Lucky And Unlucky Numbers In Japan, Usage Notes That Avoid Confusion

    ByJessica Chen

    Here is the simple truth. Some numbers feel bad in Japanese, and some feel good. The feelings come from sound, old beliefs, and daily habits. You do not need folklore…

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    101 To 1000, Step By Step Builder

    ByJessica Chen

    This lesson takes you from 101 to 1000 in clean steps. Lock the hundred block first, then add the tens part, then add the last digit. Readings of hundreds have…

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    Platform Numbers And Floors, Ban And Kai, Real Station Examples

    ByJessica Chen

    Stations label platforms with 〇番線 or sometimes 〇番ホーム. Read them as いちばんせん, にばんせん, and so on. Floors use the counter 階 with irregular sounds: いっかい for 1F, ろっかい for 6F,…

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    Fractions, Decimals, And Percentages In Japanese, How To Read Them Out

    ByJessica Chen

    You read decimals, fractions, and percentages in Japanese with clear, steady rhythm. For decimals say 点 as てん and read each digit after it one by one. Use れい てん…

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    Ages In Japanese, 1 To 100, All Irregulars

    ByJessica Chen

    The age counter is 歳 and you read it as さい. Casual writing sometimes uses 才 for the same thing. Set the base rules first, then lock in the irregular…

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    Phone Numbers In Japanese, How To Read Digit By Digit, Pauses, Zero As Maru Or Rei

    ByJessica Chen

    Phone numbers in Japan are read digit by digit with short, even pauses between blocks. Use ゼロ for 0 in phone readings. れい is fine in math and tests; まる…

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    Ordinal Numbers in Japanese, First to Tenth & Common Set Phrases

    ByJessica Chen

    Japanese doesn’t have a single “-th” ending like English. Instead, you make ordinal numbers in three main ways: add 目(め)to a counter reading (三回目 “third time,” 五人目 “fifth person”), use…

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    Large numbers in Japanese, man, oku, cho, with a clean place value table

    ByJessica Chen

    Japanese handles large numbers by grouping every four digits, not every three. The key units are 万(まん, 10,000), 億(おく, 100,000,000), and 兆(ちょう, 1,000,000,000,000). Once you think in these blocks, you…

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