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► 副詞
三度  [みたび]  [liter]    meaning:  three  rank: 4
☆ 両国は三度決勝対決した ⇨ The two countries faced each other in the final three times, for the third time  (☛ Three times)

► 動詞
引く  [(2)ひく]    meaning:  subtract  rank: 1
☆ けから経費を引く ⇨ Subtract expenses from profit
☆ 十引く四は六 ⇨ 10 minus 4 is 6

割る  [(2)わる]    meaning:  divide  rank: 1
☆ 100を5で割る ⇨ Divide 100 with 5

割り切る  [(3)わりきる]    meaning:  divide  rank: 2
☆ 10は3で割り切れない ⇨ You can’t divide 10 with 3 without a remainder  (☛ Divide without leaving a remainder)

► 名詞
  [(2)いち]    meaning:  one  rank: 1
☆ 一月 ⇨ The first month. January

一個  [(1)いっこ]    meaning:  one  rank: 1
☆ 一個当りの値段 ⇨ The price per piece
☆ 残りは一個しかい ⇨ There is only one left
☆ 一個の人間としての存在 ⇨ The existence as one human being  (☛ 人間 is usually counted as 一人, but 一個 is often used as a literary expression)

五日  [いつか]    meaning:  five  rank: 1
☆ 五五日 ⇨ May fifth  (☛ Fifth day)
☆ 修理には五日かった ⇨ The repair took five days  (☛ Five days)

五つ  [(2)いつつ]    meaning:  five  rank: 1
☆ 林檎を五つ買った ⇨ I bought five apples  (☛ Five items)
☆ うちのは五つになった ⇨ My daughter has turned five  (☛ Five years old)

  [(1)おく]    meaning:  hundred million  rank: 1
☆  ⇨ A hundred million yen

  [(1)かず]    meaning:  number  rank: 1
☆ 参加者の数は百えた ⇨ The number of participants exceeded 100
☆ の数には限りがあります ⇨ There are a limited number of seats available

  [(1)きゅう]    meaning:  nine  rank: 1
☆ 試合は九だ ⇨ The game is at the bottom of the ninth inning

  [く]    meaning:  nine  rank: 1
☆ 九 ⇨ The ninth month. September

九つ  [(2)ここのつ]    meaning:  nine  rank: 1
☆ うちのが九つになった ⇨ My daughter has turned nine
☆ 林檎が九つある ⇨ There are nine apples  (☛ Nine items)

  [ご]    meaning:  five  rank: 1
☆ 五 ⇨ The fifth month. May

  [さん]    meaning:  three  rank: 1
☆ 三 ⇨ The third month. March

  [しち]    meaning:  seven  rank: 1
☆ 七 ⇨ The seventh month. July

  [(1)じゅう]    meaning:  ten  rank: 1
☆ 十 ⇨ The tenth month. October

数字  [すうじ]    meaning:  number  rank: 1
☆ アラビア数字 ⇨ Arabic numerals
☆ 具体的な数字をげてもらえますか ⇨ Can you give me a concrete number?

  [(1)せん]    meaning:  thousand  rank: 1
☆ 千 ⇨ One thousand years  (☛ “One thousand” is usually just 千, not 一千)

  [(1)なな]    meaning:  seven  rank: 1
☆ 林檎が七ある ⇨ There are seven apples

七つ  [(2)ななつ]  [coll]    meaning:  seven  rank: 1
☆ 林檎が七つ有る ⇨ There are seven apples  (☛ Seven items)
☆ うちのは七つになった ⇨ My daughter has become seven years old  (☛ Seven years old)

  [はち]    meaning:  eight  rank: 1
☆ が八ある ⇨ There are eight eggs

番号  [(3)ばんごう]    meaning:  number  rank: 1
☆ 製造番号 ⇨ A (serial) production number
☆ 選手背番号順並んでいる ⇨ The players are sorted by their jersey numbers
☆ 部屋の番号は何番? ⇨ What is the room number?

  [ひゃく]    meaning:  hundred  rank: 1
☆ 百メートル競争 ⇨ A 100 meter sprint

  [(2)ふた]    meaning:  two  rank: 1
☆ あれから二月経った ⇨ Two months have passed since then

二つ  [ふたつ]    meaning:  two  rank: 1
☆ 林檎が二つある ⇨ There are two apples  (☛ Two items)
☆ が二つになった ⇨ My daughter has become two years old  (☛ Two years old)

  [(1)まん]    meaning:  ten thousand  rank: 1
☆  ⇨ 10,000 yen

三つ  [みっつ]    meaning:  three  rank: 1
☆ が三つ残っている ⇨ There are three eggs left  (☛ Three items)

六つ  [むっつ]  [coll]    meaning:  six  rank: 1
☆ うちのは六つだ ⇨ My daughter is six years old
☆ 林檎が六つある ⇨ There are six apples  (☛ Six items)

八つ  [(3)やっつ]    meaning:  eight  rank: 1
☆ が八つある ⇨ There are 8 eggs  (☛ Eight items)
☆ うちのは八つだ ⇨ My daughter is eight years old  (☛ Eight years old)

四つ  [(3)よっつ]  [coll]    meaning:  four  rank: 1
☆ りんごを四つ買った ⇨ I bought four apples  (☛ Four items)
☆ うちのは四つだ ⇨ My daughter is four years old  (☛ Four years old)

  [(1)よん]    meaning:  four  rank: 1
☆ わせが四あった ⇨ There have been 4 similar inquiries

  [(1)れい]    meaning:  zero  rank: 1
☆ 彼等は五対〇で勝った ⇨ They won 5 to 0  (☛ 〇 is a simplified form of 零)

  [(1)れい]    meaning:  zero  rank: 1
☆ 午前 ⇨ 0 o’clock AM. 12 midnight

  [(2)ろく]    meaning:  six  rank: 1
☆ 六 ⇨ The sixth month. June

  [くらい]    meaning:  digit  rank: 2
☆ は千の位に切り上げられている ⇨ The numbers are rounded to the digit of thousand

  [けた]    meaning:  digit  rank: 2
☆ 一桁の数字 ⇨ One-digit numbers (1-9)
☆ を一桁間違えた ⇨ I got the number wrong by one digit, decimal place  (☛ Can be either a number of digits or decimal place)

小数  [(4)しょうすう]    meaning:  decimal  rank: 3
☆ 少数切り捨てます ⇨ We disregard the numbers below the decimal point

小数点  [(4)しょうすうてん]    meaning:  decimal  rank: 3
☆ 小数点 ⇨ Decimal point

ダース  [(1)だーす]    meaning:  dozen  rank: 3
☆ 1ダース ⇨ A dozen of eggs

  [(1)とお]    meaning:  ten  rank: 3
☆ 林檎が十ある ⇨ There are ten apples  (☛ Ten items)

定数  [(3)ていすう]    meaning:  number  rank: 4
☆ 参議院の定数は248だ ⇨ The number of the seats for the upper house is 248

三つ巴  [みつどもえ]    meaning:  three  rank: 4
☆ 優勝争いは三つ巴になった ⇨ Three teams are in the tight championship battle

► 接尾辞
  [(1)すう]    meaning:  number  rank: 1
☆ ウェブサイトの登録者数 ⇨ The number of the registered users of the website
☆ 事故の件数がえた ⇨ The number of accidents has increased

掛かり  [(1)がかり]    meaning:  number  rank: 2
☆ ピアノを五人掛かりで運んだ ⇨ It took five people to carry and move the piano
☆ 三掛かりの仕事 ⇨ A job that takes three days (to finish)
☆ 警官が三人掛かりで犯人込んだ ⇨ It took three cops to wrestle down the perpetrator

  [(1)だい]    meaning:  level  rank: 2
☆ は百メートルを十秒台で走ることが出来る ⇨ He can run 100 meters in the 10’s (between 10.00 and 10.99)

► 接頭辞
  [に]    meaning:  two  rank: 1
☆ うちにはが二ある ⇨ We have two cars
☆ その映画は二た ⇨ I watched the movie twice
☆ 林檎が二ある ⇨ There are two apples

  [ひと]    meaning:  one  rank: 1
☆ 一夏の ⇨ A fleeting romance in one summer
☆ 塩一匙 ⇨ One spoon of salt

  [(1)だい]    meaning:  number  rank: 2
☆ 彼女現在世界ランク第一位だ ⇨ She is No.1 in the world ranking right now
☆ 第75回日本選手権 ⇨ The 75th Japanese championship
☆ 第二世界大戦 ⇨ The second world war