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  2. Japanese numerals - Wikipedia

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    五百 ipo (500), 五百年 ipoto 2 se (500 years), 五百夜 ipoyo 2 (500 nights), 八百 yapo (800), 三百 mi 1 po (300), 六百 mupo (600), 九百 ko 2 ko 2 no 2 po (900) Used for multiple hundreds in compound numerals. Often used to mean many. 100 mo 1 mo 1: 百日 mo 1 mo 1 ka (many days) Used for non-multiple hundred and for the number ...

  3. Lists of most common surnames in Asian countries - Wikipedia

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    Total Number [6] (2010) 1 ბერიძე Beridze: 24,962 2 მამედოვი Mamedov Mamedovi 23,675 3 ... Romaji Numbers % 1

  4. List of common Japanese surnames - Wikipedia

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    The top 10 surnames cover approximately 10% of the population, while the top 100 surnames cover slightly more than 33%. [3] This ranking is a result of an August 2008 study by Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company, [3] which included approximately 6,118,000 customers of Meiji Yasuda's insurance and annuities.

  5. Japanese counter word - Wikipedia

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    ni two 匹 hiki small-animal- MW の no POSS 犬 inu dog 二 匹 の 犬 ni hiki no inu two small-animal-MW POSS dog 犬 inu dog 二 ni two 匹 hiki small-animal- MW 犬 二 匹 inu ni hiki dog two small-animal-MW but just pasting 二 and 犬 together in either order is ungrammatical. Here 二 ni is the number "two", 匹 hiki is the counter for small animals, の no is the possessive particle ...

  6. Romanization of Japanese - Wikipedia

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    The earliest Japanese romanization system was based on Portuguese orthography.It was developed c. 1548 by a Japanese Catholic named Anjirō. [2] [citation needed] Jesuit priests used the system in a series of printed Catholic books so that missionaries could preach and teach their converts without learning to read Japanese orthography.

  7. Japanese calendar - Wikipedia

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    The 1898 law determining the placement of leap years [18] is officially based on the kōki years, using a formula that is effectively equivalent to that of the Gregorian calendar: if the kōki year number is evenly divisible by four, it is a leap year, unless the number minus 660 is evenly divisible by 100 and not by 400.

  8. Nihon-shiki romanization - Wikipedia

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    It was invented by physicist Aikitsu Tanakadate (田中館 愛橘) in 1885, [1] with the intention to replace the Hepburn system of romanization. [2] Tanakadate's intention was to replace the traditional kanji and kana system of writing Japanese completely by a romanized system, which he felt would make it easier for Japan to compete with Western countries.

  9. The Kodansha Kanji Learner's Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Instead of organizing kanji based on radicals, they are organized based on pattern. Based on how a kanji can be divided into sections, they are grouped into four main categories: Left-Right (1), Up-Down (2), Enclosure (3), and Solid (4). Users then count the number of strokes in each segment, and use them to determine the kanji's SKIP number.