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Japanese basic numbers become ordinal numbers simple by adding a 目 (me) at their end. The Japanese system only goes until nine. The Chinese system can also be used and it goes beyond the first nine numbers.
一つ目 – hitotsume – the first
二つ目 – futatsume – the second
三つ目 – mittsume – the third
四つ目 – yottsume – the fourth
五つ目 – itsutsume – the fifth
六つ目 – muttsume – the sixth
七つ目 – nanatsume – the seventh
八つ目 – yattsume – the eighth
九つ目 – kokonotsume – the nineth
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Each country has its own habits on how to write down a phone number and how to separate its different components. In Japan phone numbers in general have 8 digits and each 4 digits are separated by a “-“. The code for the city, which has 2 or 3 digits is in brackets.
The dial prefix for a country or a city usually is written in brackets. To express that this is a different part of the phone number の (no) is used.
Example on how to read a telephone number:
3042 - a
| Reading | A |
| Variations | none |
| Strokes | 3 (click on the pick to start the video) |
The hiragana あ is pronounced like the “A” of the English word AGENDA.
The hiragana あ originally was developed from the kanji 安.
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4E07 - 万
Meaning: ten thousand, all, many
Onyomi: MAN, BAN
Kunyomi: –
Strokes: 3
Vocabulary:
万年筆 – mannenhitsu – fountain pen
万引き – manbiki – shoplifting
5343 - 千
Meaning: thousand
Onyomi: SEN
Kunyomi: chi
Strokes: 3
Vocabulary:
千 – sen – thousand
二千円 – two thousand Yen
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