Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! “Come watch the television with us,” your friends tell you in Japanese. Since they spoke in Japanese, you answer in the same, “Why, what’s so important to watch?” “The launch,” they reply in Japanese. “Don’t you know about the launch?” “What launch? Is it a boat? A ship? A new vacation cruise ship?” They all look at you as if you were a little off. Of course, your friends are all very savvy in technology, but you’re not, so you get those kinds of looks often. “The rocket launch,” they say, “Don’t you know the Japanese Space Agency is launching a rocket today?” You didn’t even know Japan had a space agency. “They’re televising the launch, and we all want to watch it. Come with us. It’ll be great.” Well, they are your friends, so you decide to go along. At least the picture on the television is a really good one. You can see every detail of the rocket as you watch the final moments before countdown. Countdown! Now you can hear the announcer countdown in Japanese, “Ten, nine,…” Amazing! You can understand every word of the Japanese countdown!!!
Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Basic Japanese video lesson teaches you the numbers in Japanese from one to ten. Obviously, these are some of the most important things to know in Japanese. You can’t do much shopping in Japan unless you know the Japanese numbers. You can’t talk to an operator to get a number in Japanese. You can’t do much of anything without knowing the Japanese numbers. Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more fantastic Japanese lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!












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24 Responses to “Basic Japanese #9 - Numbers 1-10”
Friday at 6:30 pm
みなさん,
いち、に、さん… Now you can count to 10 in Japanese!
Sunday at 3:33 am
Hiroko-san’s new hairstyle is VERY cute.
And it was helpful to learn the kanji too!
Monday at 5:01 am
Cool. I liked the combo of the spoken word, hiragana, kanji, and the highlighted “flow” of the spoken word. And variations on yon and nana were given. Keep up the inventive and clever lessons.
Tuesday at 5:39 am
Thanks so much for the video lessons! They are really helpful in learning kana, kanji, and numbers. Japanese Pod 101 ROCKS!
Tuesday at 9:37 am
sarahさん,
Glad to hear it!!
ビッピーさん,
We appreciate the feedback^^
Thanks for stopping by!
Deniceさん,
You’re welcome - thank YOU!!
Tuesday at 11:16 am
omg i just learned 1-10 in japanese
i hope i get into these numbers to learning
additions and stuff.
Wednesday at 9:50 am
tonyさん,
Great work!!
Thursday at 4:17 am
Why won’t the audio come up most of the time? The volume’s on and up and I checked the connections.
Saturday at 9:23 am
Well i got a question for you guys,
What is the difference between Yon and Shi (4) ?
And the same goes for Nana and Shichi (7) ?
Can anyone explain me those differences?
Tyvm,
Danny
Monday at 3:15 am
Danny,
The different pronunciations are used in different situations like telling time, counting animals/objects, etc. You’ll learn which one to use through practice and listening to native speakers.
For example, if you are telling time and you want to say its 4:00 you say よ時 not し because し can stand for 死ぬ (death). So when a lot of people use the number 4 they tend to say よん and not し。 As for 7, If you are talking about time you should say しち時 (7:00) not なな時。 However, if you want to say April (the fourth month of the year) you say し月。 If you want to say July (the 7th month) you should say しち月。
Hope that helps.
Monday at 7:34 am
thank you this was really helpful, the explination & to the differen uses of しち & なな you didn’t give a context where なな is actually used
Thursday at 8:22 pm
When counting, as for exercises while doing sit-ups or the like, which forms of 4-7-9 are preferred and why?
Same question for people, particularly when dining out in a group of 4.
I know that technically this could go in a post about counters rather than just the numbers 1-10, but I hope you will pardon my imprecision and answer it here anyway.
Thursday at 8:23 pm
In the film Ju-on, before this one girl gets killed, her cell phone says “44444444..”
I didn’t get the connection until now - thanks!
Friday at 4:34 am
I love Hiroko’s new hairstyle. いいですね
Tuesday at 11:50 am
In which cases you use kanji or hiragana?
Monday at 5:35 am
Wow!! I can’t believe how fast I just learned those. That was awesome.
Thursday at 3:22 am
It would be great if you could put the kanji stroke order in the Lesson notes and the kanji sheet.
Tuesday at 6:51 am
I love this site all my life i wanted 2 learn japanese and because of this site i am learning
Sunday at 8:27 pm
wow this is helpful i love this site and hopefully one day i can live in japan
Sunday at 4:34 pm
those double cifers are annoying !
which one do i need to learn ?
Thursday at 3:48 am
i cant access these videos any more
why????
Thursday at 12:00 pm
these lesson are coming easy i just can’t wait till i graduate and go to japan, my future home!!! Arigatou!!!
Wednesday at 10:20 pm
etooooooh…….
eh, sumimasen……
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Thursday at 8:10 am
sugoi!
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