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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.
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 Kokonotsu, contracted into .
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.