Counting in Japanese
Occasionally instructors decide that it would be fun to count things like press ups and kata moves
such in Japanese. So that you're not caught out here's the top ten with their English translations.
| English |
Japanese |
Kanji |
| One (1) |
Ichi |
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| Two (2) |
Ni |
 |
| Three (3) |
San |
 |
| Four (4) |
Shi |
 |
| Five (5) |
Go |
 |
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| English |
Japanese |
Kanji |
| Six (6) |
Roku |
 |
| Seven (7) |
Shichi |
 |
| Eight (8) |
Hachi |
 |
| Nine (9) |
Kyu |
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| Ten (10) |
Ju |
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For counting numbers greater than 10, the numbers are built up with additions to 10 as follows:
- Eleven (11) = Jyu Ichi
- Twelve (12) = Jyu Ni
- Thirteen (13) = Jyu San
- Fourteen (14) = Jyu Shi
- ... etc.
For numbers higher than 19 we need to begin pre-fixing with the multiple of 10:
- Twenty (20) = Ni Jyu
- Twenty One (21) = Ni Jyu Ichi
- Twenty Two (22) = Ni Jyu Ni
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- Thirty (30) = San Jyu
- Thirty One (31) = San Jyu Ichi
- ...etc.
You shouldn't really need to know any more than that for typical routines and exercises.
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