Hi there. I thought I would talk about a bit unusual topic this time. Learning Math in Japanese. When expressing mathematics in Japanese, here are the things you would notice. To make things easier, I have used only Hiragana’s below rather than using Kanji’s.<\/p>\n
I will start with the simple ones below, but first let’s review the numbers 1 through 10 in Japanese.<\/p>\n
1 – ichi (\u3044\u3061)<\/p>\n
2 – ni (\u306b)<\/p>\n
3 – san (\u3055\u3093)<\/p>\n
4 – yon or shi (\u3088\u3093\u3001\u3057)<\/p>\n
5 – go (\u3054)<\/p>\n
6 – roku (\u308d\u304f)<\/p>\n
7 – nana or shichi (\u306a\u306a\u3001\u3057\u3061)<\/p>\n
8 – hachi (\u306f\u3061)<\/p>\n
9 – kyu (\u304d\u3085\u3046)<\/p>\n
10- jyu (\u3058\u3085\u3046)<\/p>\n
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Plus ==> + \u00a0 tasu (\u305f\u3059)<\/p>\n
Minus==> – \u00a0hiku (\u3072\u304f)<\/p>\n
Multiply ==> x kakeru (\u304b\u3051\u308b)<\/p>\n
Divide ==> \/ waru (\u308f\u308b)<\/p>\n
Equal ==> = wa (\u306f* please note this letter is pronounced as “wa”)<\/p>\n
With this said, how would you read the following in Japanese?<\/p>\n
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1+ 2 = 3<\/p>\n
It is:<\/p>\n
ichi tasu ni wa san \u00a0(\u3044\u3061\u3000\u305f\u3059\u3000\u306b\u3000\u306f\u3000\u3055\u3093)<\/p>\n
How about this one?<\/p>\n
2 * 3 = 6<\/p>\n
It is:<\/p>\n
ni kakeru san wa roku\u3000(\u306b\u3000\u304b\u3051\u308b\u3000\u3055\u3093\u3000\u306f\u3000\u308d\u304f)<\/p>\n
10-2=8<\/p>\n
will be<\/p>\n
jyu hiku ni wa hachi. (\u3058\u3085\u3046\u3000\u3072\u304f\u3000\u306b\u3000\u306f\u3000\u306f\u3061)<\/p>\n
10 \/ 5 = 2<\/p>\n
will be<\/p>\n
jyu waru go wa ni (\u3058\u3085\u3046\u3000\u308f\u308b\u3000\u3054\u3000\u306f\u3000\u306b)<\/p>\n
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While we are at the number topic, let’s review some of the higher numbers as well:<\/p>\n
20 – ni jyu (\u306b\u3058\u3085\u3046)<\/p>\n
30 – san jyu \u00a0(\u3055\u3093\u3058\u3085\u3046)<\/p>\n
40 – yon jyu or shi ju (\u3088\u3093\u3058\u3085\u3046\u3001\u3057\u3058\u3085\u3046)<\/p>\n
50- go jyu (\u3054\u3058\u3085\u3046)<\/p>\n
60 – roku jyu (\u308d\u304f\u3058\u3085\u3046)<\/p>\n
70 – nana jyu (\u306a\u306a\u3058\u3085\u3046)<\/p>\n
80 – hachi jyu (\u306f\u3061\u3058\u3085\u3046)<\/p>\n
90 – kyu jyu (\u304d\u3085\u3046\u3058\u3085\u3046)<\/p>\n
100 – hyaku (\u3072\u3083\u304f)<\/p>\n
1000 – sen (\u305b\u3093)<\/p>\n
10,000 – ichi man (\u3044\u3061\u307e\u3093)<\/p>\n
100,000 – jyu man (\u3058\u3085\u3046\u307e\u3093)<\/p>\n
1,000,000 – hyaku man (\u3072\u3083\u304f\u307e\u3093)<\/p>\n
10,000,000 – sen man (\u305b\u3093\u307e\u3093)<\/p>\n
100,000,000 – ichi oku \u00a0(\u3044\u3061\u304a\u304f)<\/p>\n
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Let’s try reading the following equations in Japanese:<\/p>\n
26 \/ 2 = 13<\/p>\n
58 – 28 = 30<\/p>\n
20 * 30 = 600<\/p>\n
45 + 55 = 100<\/p>\n
Were you able to read them?<\/p>\n
Here are the answers:<\/p>\n
26 \/ 2 = 13<\/p>\n
nijyu roku waru ni wa jyu san (\u306b\u3058\u3085\u3046\u308d\u304f\u3000\u308f\u308b\u3000\u306b\u3000\u306f\u3000\u3058\u3085\u3046\u3055\u3093)<\/p>\n
58 – 28 = 30<\/p>\n
gojyu hachi hiku nijyu hachi wa sanjyu (\u3054\u3058\u3085\u3046\u306f\u3061\u3000\u3072\u304f\u3000\u306b\u3058\u3085\u3046\u306f\u3061\u3000\u306f\u3000\u3055\u3093\u3058\u3085\u3046)<\/p>\n
20 * 30 = 600<\/p>\n
nijyu kakeru sanjyu wa rohhyaku (\u306b\u3058\u3085\u3046\u3000\u304b\u3051\u308b\u3000\u3055\u3093\u3058\u3085\u3046\u3000\u306f\u3000\u308d\u3063\u3072\u3083\u304f)<\/p>\n
45 + 55 = 100<\/p>\n
yonjyu go tasu gojyu go wa hyaku (\u3088\u3093\u3058\u3085\u3046\u3054\u3000\u305f\u3059\u3000\u3054\u3058\u3085\u3046\u3054\u3000\u306f\u3000\u3072\u3083\u304f)<\/p>\n
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This was a simple math in Japanese, but if you have any other related topic that you would like to know, just let me know!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hi there. I thought I would talk about a bit unusual topic this time. Learning Math in Japanese. When expressing mathematics in Japanese, here are the things you would notice. To make things easier, I have used only Hiragana’s below rather than using Kanji’s. I will start with the simple ones below, but first let’s…<\/p>\n