Lesson 4: Traditional Japanese Counting – ひとつ、ふたつ、みっつ

In Japanese, there is a traditional way to count general objects, used especially in everyday conversation. Let’s learn how to count from 1 to 10 using these special native Japanese numbers.

1ひとつhitotsu
2ふたつfutatsu
3みっつmittsu
4よっつyottsu
5いつつitsutsu
6むっつmuttsu
7ななつnanatsu
8やっつyattsu
9ここのつkokonotsu
10とおtoo