Counting in Japanese

Whenever we count during training, it's done in Japanese.  Do your best to use your voice properly (loud and clear) so everyone who needs to hear you can.  Be careful not to let your counting become screaming as that would be considered disrespectful.  Counting in Japanese is easy, once you understand the method.  You can count from 1 to 99 simply by learning 1 through 10 and how to combine them.

NOTE: For the pronunciations, each syllable (sound-group) should take the same length of time to say.  For example, the number 21 Ni ju ichi  is pronounced “nee-djyuu-ee-tchee “.  The “nee” in ni should take just as long as the “djyuu” in jyu.The hyphen symbol (“-“) divides each syllable.  Also, the syllable in bold type-face should be pronounced with slightly more emphasis.

1 through 10:

English Japanese Pronunciation
One  Ichi  “ee-tchee”
Two Ni “nee”
Three San “sann”
Four Shi / Yon “shee” / “yawnn”
Five Go “go”
Six Roku “roe-koo”
Seven Shichi / Nana “shee-tchi” / “nna-nna”
Eight Hachi “ha-tchee”
Nine Kyu / Ku “kyoo” / “koo”
Ten Ju “dyjoo”

11 through 19 (notice how we are just adding to 10?):

English Japanese Pronunciation
Eleven  Ju ichi  “djyoo-ee-tchee”
Twelve Ju ni “djyoo-nee”
Thirteen Ju san “djyoo-sann”
Fourteen Ju shi “djyoo-shee”
Fifteen Ju go “djyoo-go”
Sixteen Ju roku “djyoo-roe-koo”
Seventeen Ju shichi “djyoo-shee-tchee”
Eighteen Ju hachi “djyoo-ha-tchee”
Nineteen Ju ku “djyoo-koo”

Over 20 (notice how 20 is really just 2 10's and how the alternate pronunciations for 4 and 7 are used):

English Japanese Pronunciation
Twenty Ni ju “nee-djyoo”
Twenty one Ni ju ichi “nee-djyoo-ee-tchee”
Twenty two Ni ju ni “nee-djyoo-nee”
Thirty San ju “sann-djyoo”
Thirty one San ju ichi “sann-djyoo-ee-tchee”
Forty Yon ju “yawnn-djyoo”
Forty one Yon ju ichi “yawnn-djyoo-ee-tchee”
Seventy Nana ju “nna-nna-djyoo”
Seventy one Nana ju ichi “nna-nna-djyoo-ee-tchee”
Ninety nine Kyu ju kyu “kyoo-djyoo-kyoo”
Hundred Hyaku / Byaku / Pyaku “hya-ku” / “bya-ku” / ”pya-ku”
Thousand Sen / Zen “senn” / “zenn”
Ten Thousand Man “mann”

 

Note: Three Hundred (San Byaku) is pronounced "sam-bya-koo" and Eight Hundred (Hap Pyaku) is "hap-pya-koo"