Name________________ Class:___________________

Japanese Numbers

You will learn:

- numbers
- counting
- ages
- months
- dates
- calendars

Start date: ___________ finish date: ____________

Numbers 1-20
- Watch the Youtube video Japanese Numbers Rap.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3won-7W3Js
- Try saying the numbers.
- Pause the video and write the Romaji in the column below.
Number Romaji Hiragana Kanji
1 ichi いち 一
2 に 二
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 3 さん 三
4 shi し 四
5 ご 五
6 ろく 六
7 shichi しち 七
8 はち 八
9 kyuu きゅう 九
10 じゅう 十
11 じゅういち 十一
12 じゅうに 十二
13 じゅうさん 十三
14 じゅうよん 十四
15 じゅうご 十五
16 じゅうろく 十六
17 じゅうなな 十七
18 じゅうはち 十八
19 じゅうきゅう 十九
20 nijuu にじゅう 二十

Remember:
- Romaji is Japanese words written in the English alphabet
- Hiragana is the alphabet used to write Japanese words
- Kanji is the Japanese alphabet borrowed from China hundreds of
years ago

Now play the video a couple more times and sing along!

Counting
Have a look at the diagram below to see how the Japanese count from
1-10 on their fingers. Have a go at it. See how fast you can do it!

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 Counting over 10 is easy in Japanese. It goes like this:
11 = 10 + 1 or juu-ichi or 十一
12 = 10 + 2 or juu-ni or 十二 etc
20 = 2 x 10 or ni-juu or 二 十
21 = 2 x 10 + 1 or ni-juu-ichi or 二 十一

Now write these numbers in Japanese:

30 = 3 x 10 + 1 or ______________________________________
40 =_________________________________________________
63=__________________________________________________
Writing Kanji Numbers
Practise writing Japanese numbers in Kanji. Trace over the large one
following the stroke order then write them again in the squares below.

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 murasaki

aoi

kiiroi

midori

akai

kuroi

chairo

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Ages
Japanese use the ending –sai after numbers to say their age.
To ask someone’s age you say:
Nansai desu ka (How old are you?)
Age Romaji
1 year old issai
2 years old nisai
3 years old sansai
4 years old yonsai
5 years old gosai
6 years old rokusai
7 years old nanasai
8 years old hassai
9 years old kyusai
10 years old jussai
11 years old juuissai
12 years old juunisai
13 years old juusansai
14 years old Juuyonsai
15 years old Juugosai
16 years old Juurokusai
17 years old Juunanasai
18 years old Juuhassai
19 years old Juukyuusai
20 years old Hatachi
30 years old Sanjussai

Practise this conversation with a

classmate, then translate it
into English:

Juuyonsai desu.
Abbeysan nansai desu ka?

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Translation
Boy: ____________________________________________

Abbey: __________________________________________

Now write down you and your classmates’ ages. Ask them in Japanese.

Name Nansai desu ka

eg Ms Barnett Yonjuu-sansai
Me

Months
- Watch the Youtube video Months of the Year in Japanese.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vapY3xQbPE&feature=related
- Use the table below to help you say the months.
- Use a Hiragana chart to write them in Hiragana
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 Month Romaji Hiragana Kanji
January Ichigatsu 一月
February Nigatsu 二月
March Sangatsu 三月
April Shigatsu 四月
May Gogatsu 五月
June Rokugatsu 六月
July Shichigatsu 七月
August Hachigatsu 八月
September Kugatsu 九月
October Juugatsu 十月
Novemeber Juuichigatsu 十一月
December Juunigatsu 十二月

Write the month in Japanese that these events occur:

Your birthday ________________________________

Australia Day ________________________________

Anzac Day __________________________________

Christmas Day ________________________________

Kanji
month (gatsu) がつ 月
day (nichi) にち 日
Dates of the Month
- Try reading the dates in Japanese with a classmate. Don’t worry about your
pronunciation! Watch the Youtube video Dates of the Month
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awcm7wsF1bI
- Now practise writing the Kanji in the last column
Date Romaji Kanji Kanji
1st Tsuitachi 一日
2nd Futsuka 二日
3rd Mikka 三日

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 4th Yokka 四日
5th Itsuka 五日
6th Muika 六日
7th Nanoka 七日
8th Yooka 八日
9th Kokonoka 九日
10th Tooka 十日
11th Juuichi-nichi 十一日
12th Juuni-nichi 十二日
13th Juusan-nichi 十三日
14th Juu-yokka 十四日
15th Juugo-nichi 十五日
16th Juuroku-nichi 十六日
17th Juushichi-nichi 十七日
18th Juuhachi-nichi 十八日
19th Juuku-nichi 十九日
20th Hatsuka 二十日
21st Nijuuichi-nichi 二十一日
22nd Nijuuni-nichi 二十二日
23rd Nijuusan-nichi 二十三日
24th Nijuu-yokka 二十四日
25th Nijuugo-nichi 二十五日
26th Nijuuroku-nichi 二十六日
27th Nijuushichi-nichi 二十七日
28th Nijuuhachi-nichi 二十八日
29th Nijuuku-nichi 二十九日
30th Sanjuu-nichi 三十日
31st Sanjuuichi-nichi 三十一日
- Make a calendar in Japanese using the next few pages.
- Write the months & dates in Kanji
- Add birthdays and important dates.
- Use the calendar on Kids Web Japan website to help you.
http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/calendar/march.html

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 一月
Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun

一日 二日
New Year

三日 四日 五日 六日 七日 八日 九日
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十日 十一日 十二日 十三日 十四日 十五日 十六日

十七日 十八日 十九日 二十日 二十一日 二十二日 二十三日

二十四日 二十五日 二十六日 二十七日 二十八日 二十九日 三十日

三十一日

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