Fine Japanese Calligraphy by Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase


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The Art of Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase


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Glossary of Basic Japanese

Note: click on the word in Romaji to hear the pronunciation.

Numbers

Romaji Hiragana Kanji English
ichi いち one
ni two
san さん three
shi four
go five
roku ろく six
shichi しち seven
hachi はち eight
kyuu きゅう nine
jyuu じゅう ten

Note: four can sometimes be read as yon よん and seven can be read as nana なな. When reading levels, the fourth level is yondan and the seventh level is nanadan.

Let's count - Click here to count to ten

Counting (things)

Romaji Hiragana Kanji English
hitotsu ひとつ 一つ one
futatsu ふたつ 二つ two
mittsu みっつ 三つ three
yottsu よっつ 四つ four
itsutsu いつつ 五つ five
muttsu むっつ 六つ six
nanatsu ななつ 七つ seven
yattsu やっつ 八つ eight
kokonotsu ここのつ 九つ nine
tou とう ten

Let's count things - Click here to count ten things

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