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'''THE COMMON NUMBERS'''

Japanese uses specific forms to indicates numbers of things. If you are talking about books, animals, houses, mobiles etc ．．． you will not use the same pronounciation than if you are counting people, cards, shopsticks, bags of tickets. Here is how to write the numbers in japanese from 1 to 100 (and a little bit more) by the common way of using.

In addtion, japanese has different ways to pronounce some numbers, due to the using of chinese and japanese reading of caracters. Sometime you must use the on-yomi form, which is chinese adaptation and sometimes you must use kun-yomi which is purely japanese transformation reading. This is particulary true for 4 and 7 numbers which include the sound "shi", meaning of death in some asian cultures. So in most of case, we will find YON and NANA form.

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How to build the composed numbers in japanese? 
It is very simple. First you take the simple form of the number (example : san) さん which means “three” (3), add じゅう(10)JYUU in the middle and then next simple form of number (example よん: yon (4) So you now have さんじゅうよん (三十四) Sanjuuyon (34). 
It becomes ひゃくさんじゅうよん (百三十四) Hyakusanjuuyon for 134. Add hyaku ahead.
To express 200, 300.... you must put simple number before "Hyaku" and it is the same thing for せん (千) sen (thousand), if you want to say 2000, 3000 or higher, you first put the simple form of the number (example ni), then add "sen" then for example kyuu, add hyaku and to finish the rest of the number. So you will have にせんきゅうひゃくさんじゅうよん (千九百三十四) Nisenkyuuhyakusanjuuyon (2934)
For hundreds and thousands, there is an additional difficulty with the ènumbers : 3, 6 and 8 who turn into a diphtong.
In this case 3 becomes San-Byaku (さんびゃく), 6 turns into Roppyaku (ろっぴゃく) and 8 is now Happyaku (はっぴゃく) As you can see, we don't say roku-pyaku and hachi-pyaku but we just keep back the first syllab of the number RO or HA, add the 「っ」 particle to make the junction with pyaku which is the diphtong form of hyaku.
How to pronounce "っ"... It is like you block the air into your lips before you release it. It is not a sound but a manner to say.
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•	Please note that the zero number can be used as ZERO (english pronounciation)
   0 = ゼロ - zero // 零（れい）rei
   1 = 一（いち） ichi
   2 = 二（に） ni 
   3 = 三（さん） san
   4 = 四（し）shi // (よん)yon
   5 = 五（ご） go
   6 = 六（ろく）roku
   7 = 七（しち） sichi // (なな) nana
   8 = 八（はち）hachi
   9 = 九（いち）kyuu
   10 = 十（じゅう）jyuu
   11 = 十一（じゅういち）jyuuichi
   12 = 十二（じゅうに）jyuuni
   13 = 十三（じゅさん）jyuusan
   14 = 一四（じゅうよん）jyuuyon
   15 = 一五（じゅうご）jyuugo
   16 = 一六（じゅうろく）jyuuroku
   17 = 一七（じゅうなな）jyuunana
   18 = 一八（じゅうあち）jyuuhachi
   19 = 一九（じゅうきゅう）jyuukyuu
   20 = 二十（にじゅう）nijyuu
   21 = 二十一（にじゅういち）nijyuuichi 
   22 = 二十二（にじゅうに）nijyuuni
   23 = 三（にじゅうさん）nijuusan
   24 = 二十四（にじゅうよん）nijyuuyon
   25 = 二十五（にじゅうご）nijyuugo
   26 = 二十六（にじゅうろく）nijyuuroku
   27 = 二十七（にじゅうなな）nijyuunana
   28 = 二十八（にじゅうはち）nijyuuhachi
   29 = 二十九（にじゅうきゅう）nijyuukyuu
   30 = 三十（さんじゅう）sanjyuu
   31 = 三十一（さんじゅういち）sanjyuuichi
   32 = 三十二（さんじゅうに）sanjyuuni
   33 = 三十三（さんじゅうさん）sanjyuusan
   34 = 三十四（さんじゅうよん）sanjyuuyon
   35 = 三十五（さんじゅうご）sanjyuugo
   36 = 三十六（さんじゅうろく）sanjyuuroku
   37 = 三十七（さんじゅうなな）sanjyuunana
   38 = 三十八（さんじゅうはち）sanjyuuhachi
   39 = 三十九（さんじゅうきゅう）sanjyuukyuu
   40 = 四十（よんじゅう）yonjyuu
   41 = 四十一（よんじゅういち）yonjyuuichi
   42 = 四十二（よんじゅうに）yonjyuuni
   43 = 四十三（よんじゅうさん）yonjyuusan
   44 = 四十四（よんじゅうよん）yonjyuuyon
   45 = 四十五（よんじゅうご）yonjyuugo
   46 = 四十六（よんじゅうろく）yonjyuuroku
   47 = 四十七（よんじゅうなな）yonjyuunana
   48 = 四十八（よんじゅうはち）yonjyuuhachi
   49 = 四十九（よんじゅうきゅう）yonjyuukyuu
   50 = 五十（ごじゅう）gojyuu
   51 = 四十一（ごじゅういち）gojyuuichi
   52 = 四十二（ごじゅうに）gojyuuni
   53 = 四十三（ごじゅうさん）gojyuusan
   54 = 四十四（ごじ二ゅうよん）gojyuuyon
   55 = 四十五（ごじゅうご）gojyuugo
   56 = 四十六（ごじゅうく）gojyuuroku
   57 = 四十七（ごじゅうなな）gojyuunana
   58 = 四十八（ごじゅうはち）gojyuuhachi
   59 = 四十九（ごじゅうきゅう）gojyuukyuu
   60 = 六十（ろくじゅう）rokujyuu
   61 = 六十一（ろくじゅういち）rokujyuuichi
   62 = 六十二（ろくゅうに）rokujyuuni
   63 = 六十三（ろくじゅうさん）rokujyuusan
   64 = 六十四（ろくじゅうよん）rokujyuuyon
   65 = 六十五（ろくじゅうご）rokujyuugo
   66 = 六十六（ろくじゅうろく）rokujyuuroku
   67 = 六十七 (ろくじゅうなな）rokujyuunana
   68 = 六十八（ろくじゅうはち）rokujyuuhachi
   69 = 六十九（ろくじゅうきゅう）rokujyuukyuu
   70 = 七十（ななじゅういち）nanajyu
   71 = 七十一（ななじ六ゅういち）nanajyuuichi
   72 =七十二（ななじゅうに）nanajyuuni
   73 = 七十三（ななよんじゅうさん）nanajyuusan
   74 = 七十四（ななじゅうよん）nanajyuuyon
   75 = 七十五 (ななじゅうご) nanajyuugo
   76 = 七十六（ななじゅうろく）nanjyuuroku
   77 = 七十七（ななじゅうなな）nanajyuunana
   78 = 七十八（ななじゅうはち）nanajyuuhachi
   79 = 七十九（ななじゅうきゅう）nanajyuukyuu
   80 = 八十（はちじゅう）hachijyuu
   81 = 八十一（はちじゅういち）hachijyuuichi
   82 = 八十二（はちじゅうに）hachijyuuni
   83 = 八十三（はちじゅうさん）hachijyuusan
   84 = 八十四（はちじゅうよん）hachijyuuyon
   85 = 八十五（はちじゅうご）hachijyuugo
   86 = 八十六（はちじゅうろく）hachijyuuroku
   87 = 八十七（はちじゅうなな）hachijyuunana
   88 = 八十八（はちじゅうはち）hachijyuuhachi
   89 = 八十九（はちじゅうきゅう）hachijyuukyuu
   90 = 九十（きゅうじゅう）kyuujyuu
   91 = 九十一（きゅうじゅういち）kyuujyuuichi
   92 = 九十二（きゅうじゅうに） kyuujyuuni
   93 = 九十三（きゅうじゅうさん）kyuujyuusan
   94 = 九十四（きゅうじゅうし）kyuujyuuyon
   95 = 九十五（きゅうじゅうご）kyuujyuugo
   96 = 九十六（きゅうじゅうろく）kyuujyuuroku
   97 = 九十七（きゅうじゅうなな）kyuujyuunana
   98 = 九十八（きゅうじゅうはち）kyuujyuuhachi
   99 = 九十九 (きゅうじゅうきゅう)kyuujyuukyuu
   100 =百（ひゃく）hyaku
 1000 = 千（せん）sen
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There’s also some difficulties for heavy numbers.

To express 10000 (ten thousands) we’ll not going to say十千(じゅうせん) jyuusen. Same for 100000 (hundred thousands), it is not 百千(ひゃくせん) hyakusen and it is also true for 1000000 (one million), no more 千千(せんせん) sensen. This last just means many thousands but not precisely. It indicates there is a huge variety.

一万 (いちまん) ichiman means 10000. Man (万) worth four zeros (O).

十万 et百万 (じゅうまん&ひゃくまん)jyuuman and hyakuman are respectively 100000 (hundred thousands) and 1000000 (one million). Then com千万(せんまん) senman (ten millions) and 一億(いちおく)ichioku for 100000000 (hundred millions)

PS : Asian caracters are same for chinese and japanese about writing and meaning. Of course the pronounciation and sounds are different. 
I really hope somebody can help you with in chinese language.

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NB : It takes time to write an article. I did my best and I check my work at last, but some mistakes : typing, meaning, interpretation could remain. Feel free to correct them ;-)
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==VIDEOS==
Pronunciation of numbers from 1 to 100:

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