Japanese Numbers Vocabulary
The 45 beginner words (A1–A2) for numbers, with their English translations and part of speech, across 4 themed lists. These are the ones worth knowing first.
The 45 beginner words (A1–A2) for numbers, with their English translations and part of speech, across 4 themed lists. These are the ones worth knowing first.
| English | Japanese | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| eight | 八hachi | num | A1 |
| five | 五go | num | A1 |
| four | 四yon | num | A1 |
| nine | 九kyuu | num | A1 |
| one | 一ichi | num | A1 |
| seven | 七nana | num | A1 |
| six | 六roku | num | A1 |
| ten | 十juu | num | A1 |
| three | 三san | num | A1 |
| two | 二ni | num | A1 |
| zero | ゼロzero | num | A1 |
| English | Japanese | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| eighteen | 十八juuhachi | num | A1 |
| eighty | 八十hachijuu | num | A1 |
| eleven | 十一juuichi | num | A1 |
| fifteen | 十五juugo | num | A1 |
| fifty | 五十gojuu | num | A1 |
| forty | 四十yonjuu | num | A1 |
| fourteen | 十四juuyon | num | A1 |
| nineteen | 十九juukyuu | num | A1 |
| ninety | 九十kyuujuu | num | A1 |
| seventeen | 十七juunana | num | A1 |
| seventy | 七十nanajuu | num | A1 |
| sixteen | 十六juuroku | num | A1 |
| sixty | 六十rokujuu | num | A1 |
| thirteen | 十三juusan | num | A1 |
| thirty | 三十sanjuu | num | A1 |
| twelve | 十二juuni | num | A1 |
| twenty | 二十nijuu | num | A1 |
| double | 二倍nibai | noun | A2 |
| half | 半分hanbun | noun | A2 |
| hundred | 百hyaku | num | A2 |
| English | Japanese | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | 一番目ichibanme | num | A1 |
| fourth | 四番目yonbanme | num | A1 |
| second | 二番目nibanme | num | A1 |
| tenth | 十番目juubanme | num | A1 |
| million | 百万hyakuman | noun | A2 |
| third | 三番目sanbanme | num | A2 |
| thousand | 千sen | num | A2 |
| English | Japanese | Type | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| yard | ヤードyaado | noun | A1 |
| centimeter | センチメートルsenchimeetoru | noun | A2 |
| gram | グラムguramu | noun | A2 |
| kilogram | キログラムkiroguramu | noun | A2 |
| kilometer | キロメートルkiromeetoru | noun | A2 |
| liter | リットルrittoru | noun | A2 |
| milliliter | ミリリットルmiririttoru | noun | A2 |
Watch Your LanguageVocabulary widgets for iPhone & Apple Watch
These lists stop at A1–A2, the words a beginner needs first. The numbers packs keep going through B1, B2 and C1 inside Watch Your Language, along with every other topic.
The app shows them to you a few at a time, in a widget on your iPhone Lock Screen and on your Apple Watch face, and brings back the ones you keep forgetting.
