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Most numbers have two readings, one derived from Chinese used for cardinal numbers and a native Japanese reading (Kun reading) used somewhat less formally for numbers up to 10. In some cases (listed below) the Japanese reading is generally preferred for all uses. Archaic readings are marked with †.
Counters are added directly after numbers. [1] There are numerous counters, and different counters are used depending on the kind or shape of nouns that are being described. [1] In Japanese, as in Chinese and Korean, numerals cannot quantify nouns by themselves (except, in certain cases, for the numbers from one to ten; see below). [2]
[On 分 being 1/10 or 1/100] I found more on this at the Keirinkan website (a major publisher known for their arithmetic textbook). According to the page, the term "wari" (then written 和利) was used as a unit for interest rates in the Kamakura period to the Muromachi period. As the need for calculating interest rose and calculations began to ...
96 can be read as "ku-ro" meaning "black", as in 96猫 ("kuroneko"; "black cat"). 96猫 is a popular Japanese singer who covers songs on Niconico, and provides the singing voice of Tsukimi Eiko in Ya Boy Kongming!. 910 can be read as kyū-tō", used by the Jpop group C-ute. On June 29th 2013 the group received an official certification from the ...
Ichi-go ichi-e (Japanese: 一 期 一 会, pronounced [it͡ɕi.ɡo it͡ɕi.e], lit. "one time, one meeting") is a Japanese four-character idiom that describes a cultural concept of treasuring the unrepeatable nature of a moment. The term has been roughly translated as "for this time only", and "once in a lifetime".
The song's lyrics also included the Japanese number counting "Ichi Ni San Shi" from Kraftwerk's "Numbers". Cybotron 's 1983 release " Clear ", from the album Enter , contains multiple auditory elements of Computer World : the musical refrain closely resembles parts of "Home Computer" and "It's More Fun to Compute"; additionally, the track ...
Dai-ichi (第一) is a compound modifier phrase of Japanese origin, meaning number one, [1] or first. In kanji, "dai" ("number") is 第 [2] and "ichi" ("one") is 一. [3] "Dai" is also defined "ordinal number marker." [2] It is this feature that makes the phrase a modifier, or an adjective, describing a noun, as first. Number one functions in ...
Ichiban is Japanese for number one and may refer to: "Ichiban", a song in the A–Z Series by Ash; Ichi-Ban, an album by the Louis Hayes – Junior Cook Quintet; Ichiban Records, an Atlanta, Georgia hip-hop record label; Chūka Ichiban!, a Japanese anime; Sapporo Ichiban, a brand of instant noodles produced by Sanyo Foods