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Introduction.
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Tokoro, place, is often used as a relative pronoun, as: oya no ai-suru tokoro no ko, the child which the parent loves.
Numerals.
Cardinal Numbers.—There are two series,—one native, the other derived from the Chinese. Of the native series the numbers up to ten are now only in common use; those above ten are obsolete, though still met with in compounds and in ancient books.
Japanese. | Chinese. | ||
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1 | KokonotsuHitotsu, contracted into Hi | Ichi. | |
2 | KokonotsuFutatsu, contracted„ into„ Fu | Ni. | |
3 | KokonotsuMitsu, contracted„ into„ Mi | San. | |
4 | KokonotsuYotsu, contracted„ into„ Yo | Shi. | |
5 | KokonotsuItsutsu, contracted„ into„ Itsu | Go. | |
6 | KokonotsuMutsu, contracted„ into„ Mu | Roku. | |
7 | KokonotsuNanatsu, contracted„ into„ Nana | Shichi. | |
8 | KokonotsuYotsu, contracted„ into„ Ya | Hachi. | |
9 | Kokonotsu contracted„ into„ Kokono | Ku. | |
10 | KokonotsuTō, contracted„ into„ Tō | Jū. | |
Ancient and obsolete. | 11 | Tō nari hitotsu | Jū-ichi. |
12 | Tō nari futatsu | Jū-ni. | |
13 | Tō mitsu | Jū-san. | |
20 | Futaso | Ni-jū. | |
30 | Miso | San-jū. | |
50 | Iso | Go-jū. | |
80 | Yaso | Hachi-jū. | |
100 | Momo, or ho | Hyaku. | |
200 | Futaho | Ni-hyaku. | |
500 | Iho | Go-hyaku. | |
1,000 | Chi | Sen. | |
5,000 | — | Go-sen. | |
10,000 | Yorozu | Man. | |
50,000 | Go-man. | ||
1,000,000 | Hyaku-man. | ||
5,000,000 | Go-hyaku-man. | ||
10,000,000 | Sem-man. | ||
100,000,000 | Ichi-oku. |