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English Japanese Cardinal Numbers in Romaji Kanji 
0 rei [rei] 零 
1 Iti [ichi] 一 
2 ni 二 
3 san 三 
4 Shi 四 
5 go 五 
6 roku 六 
7 nana 七 
8 hati [hachi] 八 
9 kyu 九 
10 jyu 十 
11 jyu ichi 十一 
20 ni jyu 二十
11 is 10 + 1 = 11 [ jyu ichi ] 
12 is 10 + 2 = 12 [ jyu ni ] 
13 is 10 + 3 = 13 [ jyu san ] 
14 is 10 + 4 = 14 [ jyu shi ] 
15 is 10 + 5 = 15 [ jyu go ] 
16 is 10 + 6 = 16 [ jyu roku ] 
17 is 10 + 7 = 17 [ jyu nana ] 
18 is 10 + 8 = 18 [ jyu hatchi ] 
19 is 10 + 9 = 19 [ jyu kyu ]

Lets learn japanese counting numbers from 1 to 20

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    To learn alanguage is to have one more window from which to look at the world.
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    English Japanese CardinalNumbers in Romaji Kanji 0 rei [rei] 零 1 Iti [ichi] 一 2 ni 二 3 san 三 4 Shi 四 5 go 五 6 roku 六 7 nana 七 8 hati [hachi] 八 9 kyu 九 10 jyu 十 11 jyu ichi 十一 20 ni jyu 二十
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    11 is 10+ 1 = 11 [ jyu ichi ] 12 is 10 + 2 = 12 [ jyu ni ] 13 is 10 + 3 = 13 [ jyu san ] 14 is 10 + 4 = 14 [ jyu shi ] 15 is 10 + 5 = 15 [ jyu go ] 16 is 10 + 6 = 16 [ jyu roku ] 17 is 10 + 7 = 17 [ jyu nana ] 18 is 10 + 8 = 18 [ jyu hatchi ] 19 is 10 + 9 = 19 [ jyu kyu ]