1. Numbers in Japanese
The following PowerPoint aims to familiarise you numbers in Japanese from It may also be used as a teaching material or guide.
What can you expect from this PowerPoint:
Translations of numbers and specific characters associated with numbers 1-20.
Activities to promote teaching and learning.
How is this done?
Songs
Games
Activities
Explanations
Soundboards
Please read the notes at the bottom of the Powerpoint for additional information as to the nature of the slides

2. Numbers in Japanese 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十 Numbers 1 to 20 十一 十二 十三 十四 十五
An introductory slide into the numbers 1-20 十一 十二 十三 十四 十五 十六 十七 十八 十九 二十

3. Song sourced from GenkiJapan. Teaches the numbers 1-20.

4. 一 ichi 1 八 hachi 8 二 ni 2 九 kyuu 9 三 san 3 十 juu 10 四 shi/yon 4 五 go 5
Numbers 1 to 10
The numbers 1 to 10 in specific characters and in Romanjii (alphabet). Click the characters to hear the pronunciation. The characters are sound buttons. Press these when in full slideshow to hear the pronunciation. 六
roku 6 七
nana 7

5. 十一 十六 juu-ichi 11 juu- roku 16 十二 juu-ni 12 十七 juu-nana 17 十三 juu-san
Numbers 11 to 20
juu-san 13 十八
juu- hachi 18 十四
juu-shi/yon 14 十九
Numbers in specific characters and in Romanjii (alphabet). Clicking specific characters will start a sound file giving you the pronunciation.
juu-kyuu 19 十五 二十
juu-go 15
ni-juu 20

6. Online games involving Japanese Numbers
Click here to play a game with numbers 1-10
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2 online games to promote Number recognition.
Click here to play a game with numbers 1-20

7. Game Fizzbuzz: Get into a circle.
Cycle through the numbers 1-10 or 1-20.
Numbers ending in 5 are fizz numbers so instead of saying 5 or 15, you say fizz instead.
Numbers ending in 0 are buzz words, so instead of saying 10 or 20, you say buzz.
If someone says the number instead of fizz or buzz, says the wrong number or doesn’t know. That player is then out of the game and has to sit down.
If a player shouts fizz-buzz instead of a number, the cycle reverses.
The winner is the last person standing.
Fizzbuzz game to promote speaking and listening skills

8. Game
Number bingo:
Using either a template or a whiteboard and pen, make sure you have a 3x3 grid and a marker.
Chose 9 numbers and write them in Japanese into the grid. One number for each box. These numbers can be from 1-10 or from 1-20.
The teacher will call out numbers in Japanese at random. If one of your numbers is called out. Cross it using the pen.
The winner is the person who has had all their numbers called out.
Number game to promote speaking and listening. Can also be used to promote reading and writing if using specific numeral characters only.

9. Now that you know your numbers. You can say how old you are.
Watashi wa _________
desu.
わたしわ _________ です.
I am ___________.
Now that you know your numbers. You can say how old you are.
It’s very easy. All you need to say is….
You can also ask others how old they are. Try it out with your partner.
I’m 8 years old. So I would say:
Watashi wa hachi desu.
わたしわ八 です
Click here to hear me say it
You put the number where the blank space is.
Anata wa nan sai desu-ka?
あなた わ なん さい ですか
How old are you?
How to use numbers in everyday conversation: Age.