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How to write numbers in Japanese

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Numbers are used all over the world, so if you don't have any special requirements, you can just write the numbers directly

If you want to pronounce them, it's the same as in English

The 1-9 digits are: いち, に, さん, よん/し, ご, ろく, なな/しち, はち, and きゅう/く.

4, 7, 9 digits have two ways of reading, in the 10 hundreds, etc. only with a

10 ~ 90, 10 is じゅう, 20 ~ 90, is the digit after + じゅう,

40 can only be よんじゅう, 70 can only be ななじゅう, 90 can only be きゅうじゅう

100~900,100是ひゃく,其他同同じう/く。 ひゃく、the others are the same as the 10th digit, with a few sound changes

1000~9000, 1000 せん、the others are the same as the 100th digit

Please refer to the attachment for more details

979 yen→979 yen→Kiうひゃくななじゅうじうじゅう えん

794 yen→797 yen→Nana Hikaku Kiじうじうなえん

497 yen→497 yen→Yonhiku Kikyou Jina えん

777 yen→777 yen→Nanhiku Kikyou Jina えん

999 yen→Kikyou Hikaku Kikyou Jina

444 yen→Yonhiku Yonhiku Yonhiku

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