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Japanese Numbers, Dates, Time, Prices and Counters for Nepali Learners

Japanese numbers, dates and time study planning

Japan मा पढ्ने वा काम गर्ने Nepali विद्यार्थीले numbers, dates, time, prices र counters नबुझ्दा train छुट्ने, hospital appointment बिग्रने, shift गलत बुझिने, bill गलत पढिने र city-office form भर्दा समस्या हुन सक्छ। यो guide दैनिक जीवनमा तुरुन्त प्रयोग हुने Japanese number system लाई सरल Nepali explanation सहित सिकाउँछ।

यो resource पूरा गरेपछि तपाईंले:
  • 0–100, 1,000, 10,000 र ठूला संख्या पढ्न
  • समय, मिनेट र appointment भन्न
  • महिना, मिति र वर्ष पढ्न
  • yen price, salary र bills बुझ्न
  • people, objects, machines, flat items र days का counters प्रयोग गर्न
  • phone number, room number र address सुनाउन

Basic Japanese Numbers 0–10

NumberJapaneseReadingNote
0零 / ゼロrei / zeroPhone मा zero सामान्य
1ichi
2ni
3san
4yon / shiDaily use मा yon सुरक्षित
5go
6roku
7nana / shichiPhone मा nana स्पष्ट
8hachi
9kyuu / kuDaily use मा kyuu सामान्य
10juu

11 देखि 99 कसरी बनाउने?

Japanese मा pattern सरल छ: tens + units.

  • 11 = 十一 = juu-ichi
  • 20 = 二十 = ni-juu
  • 24 = 二十四 = ni-juu-yon
  • 57 = 五十七 = go-juu-nana
  • 99 = 九十九 = kyuu-juu-kyuu

Hundreds, Thousands and 10,000

NumberJapaneseReadingIrregular sound
100hyaku
300三百sanbyakuhyaku → byaku
600六百roppyakudouble consonant
800八百happyakudouble consonant
1,000sen
3,000三千sanzensen → zen
8,000八千hassendouble consonant
10,000一万ichi-manJapanese grouping changes here
100,000十万juu-man
1,000,000百万hyaku-man
सबैभन्दा ठूलो beginner mistake: Japanese मा 10,000 पछि प्रयोग हुन्छ। 50,000 = 五万 (go-man), 120,000 = 十二万 (juu-ni-man).

Prices and Yen

Shop मा


Kore wa ikura desu ka?
यो कति पर्छ?

Price confirm गर्दा


San-zen go-hyaku en desu.
3,500 yen हो।

Budget सोध्दा


Ichi-man-en inai de onegaishimasu.
10,000 yen भित्र चाहिन्छ।

Change/check गर्दा


Otsuri o kakunin shite kudasai.
फिर्ता रकम जाँचिदिनुहोस्।

Japanese Time: Hours

TimeJapaneseReading
1:00一時ichi-ji
2:00二時ni-ji
4:00四時yo-ji
7:00七時shichi-ji
9:00九時ku-ji
12:00十二時juu-ni-ji

Minutes: Important Irregular Readings

MinuteJapaneseReading
1一分ippun
3三分sanpun
4四分yonpun
6六分roppun
8八分happun
10十分juppun / jippun

Examples:

  • 7:15 = 七時十五分 (shichi-ji juu-go-fun)
  • 8:30 = 八時半 (hachi-ji han)
  • 9:45 = 九時四十五分 (ku-ji yon-juu-go-fun)

Real-life Time Phrases

Appointment


The appointment is at 3 PM.

Shift


Tomorrow is from 9 to 5.

Train


The train leaves at 8:12.

Late


I will be about 10 minutes late.

Months

MonthJapaneseReading
January一月ichi-gatsu
February二月ni-gatsu
March三月san-gatsu
April四月shi-gatsu
May五月go-gatsu
June六月roku-gatsu
July七月shichi-gatsu
August八月hachi-gatsu
September九月ku-gatsu
October十月juu-gatsu
November十一月juu-ichi-gatsu
December十二月juu-ni-gatsu

Dates: 1st–10th and Other Irregular Days

DateJapaneseReading
1st一日tsuitachi
2nd二日futsuka
3rd三日mikka
4th四日yokka
5th五日itsuka
6th六日muika
7th七日nanoka
8th八日youka
9th九日kokonoka
10th十日tooka
14th十四日juu-yokka
20th二十日hatsuka
24th二十四日ni-juu-yokka

Years and Full Dates

  • 2026 = 二千二十六年 (ni-sen ni-juu-roku nen)
  • 2026年7月14日 = ni-sen ni-juu-roku nen shichi-gatsu juu-yokka
  • = date of birth
  • = expiry date
  • = submission deadline

Days of the Week

DayJapaneseReading
Monday月曜日getsuyoubi
Tuesday火曜日kayoubi
Wednesday水曜日suiyoubi
Thursday木曜日mokuyoubi
Friday金曜日kinyoubi
Saturday土曜日doyoubi
Sunday日曜日nichiyoubi

Essential Counters

CounterUsed forExamples
人(にん)People一人 hitori, 二人 futari, 三人 sannin
General objects一つ hitotsu, 二つ futatsu, 三つ mittsu
本(ほん)Long objects一本 ippon, 三本 sanbon, 六本 roppon
枚(まい)Flat objects一枚 ichimai, 三枚 sanmai
台(だい)Machines/vehicles一台 ichidai, 二台 nidai
冊(さつ)Books一冊 issatsu, 八冊 hassatsu
回(かい)Times/occurrences一回 ikkai, 三回 sankai
階(かい)Building floors一階 ikkai, 三階 sangai
日(にち)Duration in days三日間 mikkakan, 七日間 nanokakan

Phone Numbers, Room Numbers and Addresses

Phone number: digits one by one बोलिन्छ। 090-1234-5678 = zero kyuu zero, ichi ni san yon, go roku nana hachi.

Room: 305号室 = san-maru-go goushitsu or san-byaku-go goushitsu, context अनुसार.

Hyphen: の or pause प्रयोग हुन सक्छ। Clear confirmation गर्न भन्नुहोस्।

Frequently Searched Real Problems

Shift गलत बुझियो


Start time कति बजे हो?

Hospital date confirm


Appointment July 14 नै हो?

Bill amount unclear


Total कति हो?

Deadline confirm


Submission deadline कहिले हो?

Practice

  1. 24 लाई Japanese मा लेख्नुहोस्।
  2. 3,600 लाई Japanese मा पढ्नुहोस्।
  3. 50,000 लाई Japanese मा लेख्नुहोस्।
  4. 8:30 लाई Japanese मा भन्नुहोस्।
  5. July 14 लाई Japanese मा भन्नुहोस्।
  6. “three people” लाई Japanese मा भन्नुहोस्।
  7. “two books” लाई Japanese मा भन्नुहोस्।
  8. “The appointment is at 3 PM” लाई Japanese मा भन्नुहोस्।

Answer Key

Answers
  1. 二十四(ni-juu-yon)
  2. 三千六百(san-zen roppyaku)
  3. 五万(go-man)
  4. 八時半(hachi-ji han)
  5. 七月十四日(shichi-gatsu juu-yokka)
  6. 三人(sannin)
  7. 二冊(nisatsu)
  8. 予約は午後三時です。

Common Mistakes

  • 4時 लाई yon-ji भन्नु—सही reading yo-ji हो
  • 7月 लाई nana-gatsu भन्नु—सही shichi-gatsu
  • 9月 लाई kyuu-gatsu भन्नु—सही ku-gatsu
  • 10,000 लाई sen को extension जस्तो सोच्नु—Japanese मा man सुरु हुन्छ
  • Dates लाई ordinary number + nichi मात्र पढ्नु
  • Counter अनुसार sound change नसम्झनु: ippon, sanbon, roppon

Frequently Asked Questions

4, 7 र 9 का धेरै readings किन छन्?

Historical usage र word combination अनुसार reading बदलिन्छ। Time, month, counter र ordinary number मा फरक reading आउन सक्छ, त्यसैले common combinations अलग practice गर्नु राम्रो हुन्छ।

Japanese price छिटो कसरी बुझ्ने?

पहिले hyaku, sen र man छुट्याउने practice गर्नुहोस्। Supermarket receipt र menu बाट दैनिक पाँच price ठूलो स्वरमा पढ्नुहोस्।

Date र duration एउटै हो?

होइन। 四日 (yokka) date वा four days हुन सक्छ; context र 間 जोडिएको छ कि छैन हेर्नुपर्छ।

Phone मा number नबुझे के भन्ने?

(slowly please) वा (one more time please) भन्नुहोस्।


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