Every numbers word on the JLPT lists with its reading and meaning, the beginner ones in a real sentence. Filter it, flip it into flashcards, or carry it on your Lock Screen with Lock&Learn Japanese.
The number words of Japanese from the JLPT lists: the digits, the tens, hundred, thousand and ten thousand, with the reading and meaning of each. Numbers are the first words that pay for themselves, since prices, dates, times and phone numbers all run on them.
In Lock&Learn Japanese these words sit in their level packs (JLPT N5, JLPT N4, JLPT N3, JLPT N2), one per glance on the widget: a word waits in kanji, the way the test shows it; one tap reveals the reading, the meaning and a real sentence. JLPT N5 is free; every other pack opens with a free preview and another word unlocks daily.
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Japanese counts with two sets of numbers. The Sino-Japanese set (ใใก, ใซ, ใใ โฆ) is the everyday one: prices, dates, times, phone numbers and anything above ten. The native set (ใฒใจใค, ใตใใค, ใฟใฃใค โฆ) counts things up to ten when no counter word is used: "three apples" is ใใใใใฟใฃใค.
| Number | Kanji | Sino-Japanese | Native (counting things) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ไธ | ใใก ichi | ใฒใจใค hitotsu |
| 2 | ไบ | ใซ ni | ใตใใค futatsu |
| 3 | ไธ | ใใ san | ใฟใฃใค mittsu |
| 4 | ๅ | ใใ yon / ใ shi | ใใฃใค yottsu |
| 5 | ไบ | ใ go | ใใคใค itsutsu |
| 6 | ๅ ญ | ใใ roku | ใใฃใค muttsu |
| 7 | ไธ | ใชใช nana / ใใก shichi | ใชใชใค nanatsu |
| 8 | ๅ ซ | ใฏใก hachi | ใใฃใค yattsu |
| 9 | ไน | ใใ ใ kyuu / ใ ku | ใใใฎใค kokonotsu |
| 10 | ๅ | ใใ ใ juu | ใจใ too |
| 100 | ็พ | ใฒใใ hyaku | |
| 1,000 | ๅ | ใใ sen | |
| 10,000 | ไธ | ใพใ man |
Larger numbers stack from the top down: ไบๅไธ is ใซใใ ใใใ (two-ten-three, 23), ไธ็พ is ใใใณใใ (300, with a sound change), and Japanese groups by ten thousand rather than by thousand, so 100,000 is ๅไธ (ten ten-thousands). Four and seven use ใใ and ใชใช in most everyday counting; ใ and ใใก survive in fixed contexts such as the months (ๅๆ ใใใค, ไธๆ ใใกใใค).
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ไธ | ใใก | one | JLPT N5 | ใชใณใดใไธใค้ฃในใพใใใใใใใฒใจใคใในใพใใI will eat one apple. |
| ไบใค | ใใคใค | five things | JLPT N5 | ใใใใไบใค้ฃในใพใใใใใใใใคใคใในใพใใI will eat five apples. |
| ไน | ใใ ใ | nine | JLPT N5 | ไนๆใซๅญฆๆ กใธ่กใใพใใใใใซใใฃใใใธใใใพใใI go to school at nine o'clock. |
| ไน | ใ | nine | JLPT N5 | ไนๆใพใงๅๅผทใใพใใใใใพใงในใใใใใใพใใI will study until nine o'clock. |
| ไบ | ใ | five | JLPT N5 | ใใใใไบใคใใ ใใใใใใใใใคใคใใ ใใใPlease give me five apples. |
| ไนใค | ใใใฎใค | nine things total | JLPT N5 | ใใใใไนใค่ฒทใใพใใใใใใใใใใฎใคใใใพใใใI bought nine apples. |
| ไธ | ใใ | number three | JLPT N5 | ใใใใไธใค่ฒทใใพใใใใใใใใฟใฃใคใใใพใใใI bought three apples. |
| ๅ | ใ | number four | JLPT N5 | ๅๆใซๅญฆๆ กใๅบใพใใใใใซใใฃใใใใงใพใใI leave school at four o'clock. |
| ไธ | ใใก | number seven | JLPT N5 | ไธๆใซใใใพใใใใกใใซใใใพใใI wake up at seven o'clock. |
| ๅ | ใใ ใ | ten | JLPT N5 | ใใใใๅๅ่ฒทใใพใใใใใใใใใฃใใใใพใใใI bought ten apples. |
| ใผใญ | the number zero | JLPT N5 | ใในใใฎ็นๆฐใฏใผใญใงใใใฆใใจใฎใฆใใใใฏใใใงใใThe test score is zero. | |
| ๅ | ใใ | number one thousand | JLPT N5 | ๅๅใๆใใพใใใใใใใใใฏใใใพใใใI paid one thousand yen. |
| ๅ | ใจใ | ten | JLPT N5 | ใฟใใใๅๅ่ฒทใใพใใใใฟใใใใใ ใฃใใใใพใใใI bought ten mandarin oranges. |
| ไธใค | ใชใชใค | seven things | JLPT N5 | ใใใใไธใค่ฒทใใพใใใใใใใใชใชใคใใใพใใใI bought seven apples. |
| ไบ | ใซ | two | JLPT N5 | ใใใใไบใค่ฒทใใพใใใใใใใตใใคใใใพใใI will buy two apples. |
| ๅ ซ | ใฏใก | eight | JLPT N5 | ๅ ซๆใซๅญฆๆ กใธ่กใใพใใใฏใกใใซใใฃใใใธใใใพใใI go to school at eight o'clock. |
| ๅ | ใฏใ | half; half past (time) | JLPT N5 | ไปใฏไบๆๅใงใใใใพใฏใซใใฏใใงใใIt is half past two now. |
| ็ชๅท | ใฐใใใ | reference number | JLPT N5 | ๆฌกใฎๆนใฎ็ชๅทใงใใใคใใฎใใใฎใฐใใใใงใใIt is the number for the next person. |
| ๅๅ | ใฏใใถใ | half portion | JLPT N5 | ใฑใผใญใๅๅ้ฃในใพใใใใผใใใฏใใถใใในใพใใI will eat half of the cake. |
| ไบใค | ใตใใค | two things | JLPT N5 | ใใใใไบใค่ฒทใใพใใใใใใใใตใใคใใใพใใใI bought two apples. |
| ไธ | ใพใ | ten thousand | JLPT N5 | ใใฎๆฌใฏไธไธๅใงใใใใฎใปใใฏใใกใพใใใใงใใThis book costs ten thousand yen. |
| ไธใค | ใฟใฃใค | three items | JLPT N5 | ใใใใไธใค่ฒทใใพใใใใใใใฟใฃใคใใใพใใI will buy three apples. |
| ๅ ญใค | ใใฃใค | six items | JLPT N5 | ใใใใๅ ญใค่ฒทใใพใใใใใใใใใฃใคใใใพใใใI bought six apples. |
| ๅ ซใค | ใใฃใค | eight things | JLPT N5 | ใใใใๅ ซใค่ฒทใใพใใใใใใใใฃใคใใใพใใI will buy eight apples. |
| ๅใค | ใใฃใค | four things | JLPT N5 | ใใใใๅใค่ฒทใใพใใใใใใใใใฃใคใใใพใใใI bought four apples. |
| ้ถ | ใใ | the number zero | JLPT N5 | ็งใฎใในใใฎ็นใฏ้ถ็นใงใใใใใใฎใฆใใจใฎใฆใใฏใใใฆใใงใใMy test score is zero. |
| ๅ ญ | ใใ | six | JLPT N5 | ใใใใๅ ญใค่ฒทใใพใใใใใใใใใฃใคใใใพใใใI bought six apples. |
| ๅ | ใใ | hundred million | JLPT N4 | |
| ๆฐ | ใใ | number / count | JLPT N3 | |
| ๆฐ | ใใ | number / count | JLPT N3 | |
| ๅ | ใใ | four | JLPT N3 | |
| ใใก | the number one | JLPT N2 | ||
| ๅถๆฐ | ใใใใ | even number | JLPT N2 | |
| ๆก | ใใ | number digit column | JLPT N2 | |
| ใใณใใผ | number | JLPT N2 | ||
| ไธ | ใฒใจ | one; single (as in ไธไบบ) | JLPT N2 |
Word lists: the widely used JLPT N5 to N1 sets after Jonathan Waller's tanos.co.uk lists (the JLPT publishes no official lists). Definitions adapted from JMdict by the EDRDG, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences are original Lock&Learn content.
Start with one to ten from the table, then the tens, hundred and thousand; larger numbers are built by combining them, and the note above the list explains the system. The 36 words here are the number words on the JLPT vocabulary lists, each with its reading.
27 from JLPT N5, 1 from JLPT N4, 3 from JLPT N3, 5 from JLPT N2. The level chip on each row says where the word sits, so you can stop at your level or read ahead. Beginner-level words carry a real example sentence; the rest show word, reading and meaning, with their sentences in the app.
Install Lock&Learn Japanese, then touch and hold your Lock Screen, tap Customize, tap the widget area and choose Lock&Learn Japanese. Enable the level packs these words come from (JLPT N5, JLPT N4, JLPT N3 and more). A word waits in kanji, the way the test shows it; one tap reveals the reading, the meaning and a real sentence.
Yes. The app is free on iOS: JLPT N5 is free, every other pack opens with a free preview, and another word unlocks daily. Lock&Learn+ is an optional upgrade that opens every pack at once, offered as a yearly plan or a one-time lifetime purchase.