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Japanese counting uses native Japanese numbers (ひとつ、ふたつ…) for objects 1–10 and Sino-Japanese numbers (いち、に、さん…) for most other contexts. Large numbers group by 万 (10,000) rather than 1,000 — this trips up most beginners.
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ゼロ／れい
0
いち
1
に
2
さん
3
よん／し／（よ）
4
ご
5
ろく
6
なな／しち
7
はち
8
きゅう／く
9
じゅう
10
じゅういち
11
じゅうに
12
にじゅう
20
さんじゅう
30
よんじゅう
40
ごじゅう
50
ろくじゅう
60
ななじゅう
70
はちじゅう
80
きゅうじゅう
90
ひゃく
100
せん
1,000 (one thousand)
さんぜん
3,000
はっせん
8,000
いちまん
10,000 (ten thousand)
じゅうまん
100,000
ひゃくまん
1,000,000
～えん
. . . yen
Irregular number + ひゃく
300 = さんびゃく (not さんひゃく). 600 = ろっぴゃく. 800 = はっぴゃく. Sound changes are required.
Irregular number + せん
3,000 = さんぜん (not さんせん). 8,000 = はっせん (not はちせん).
Japanese large number system
Japanese counts in units of 10,000 (まん), not 1,000. So 100,000 = じゅうまん (10 x 10,000), 1,000,000 = ひゃくまん (100 x 10,000).
三百 is read as さん＿＿＿
びゃく
八千 is read as は＿＿＿
っせん