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Part 2: ⼀ ⼆ 三 四 五 六 七 ⼋ 九 ⼗

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⼀ : イチ、イツ、ひと、ひと(つ)

Meaning: one

Shape: Symbolizing the concept "one" by single line.

Could be horizontal, or slightly tilted upwards (beginning lower, ending higher).

Click button to see the stroke order animation.

Word Reading Meaning Class

⼀ いち 1 n

⼀つ ひとつ 1 (counter for things) n

⼀⼈ ひとり 1 person n

⼀⽇ ついたち 1st day of the month (date) n

⼀⽇ いちにち 1 day (duration) n

⼀⽉ いちがつ January (date) n

⼀⽉ ひとつき 1 month (duration) n

⼀か⽉ いっかげつ 1 month (duration) n

⼀[番] いちばん first, best, number one n, adv

No tes

⼀⽇ and ⼀⽉ can be used for date and for duration. The reading is different in each case.

⼀⽉（ひとつき） and ⼀か⽉（いっかげつ） mean the same. 〜か⽉ is used more often.

⼆ : ニ、ふた、ふた(つ)

Meaning: two

Shape: Symbolizing the concept "two" by double lines.

Two lines are parallel. The upper line should be shorter.

Could be horizontal, or slightly tilted upwards.

⼆ に 2 n

⼆つ ふたつ 2 (counter for things) n

⼆⼈ ふたり 2 persons n

⼆⽇ ふつか 2nd of the month, 2 days n

はたらく魔王さま︕

The Devil is a Part-Timer!

(Animation)

はたらく魔王さま︕[hataraku maōsama ] is a TVanimation started fromApril 2013. Very well-madehilarious comedy.

The story is about the DarkLord Satan who was forcedto escape to Tokyo.

His magical power runs outand he starts to work at afast food restaurant forsurvival.

One day, he encounters hisold enemy, the Hero Emiliawho works as a call centeroperator.

Opening

Scene 1

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⼆⽉ にがつ February n

No tes

⼆⽇(ふつか) can be used for date and for duration. The reading is the same. The same rule applies for other

numbers except for ⼀⽇.

三 : サン、み、みっ(つ)、み(つ)

Meaning: three

Shape: Symbolizing the concept "three" by triple lines.

Three lines are parallel, and each has different length.

The 2nd line is the shortest, and the 3rd is the longest.

三 さん 3 n

三つ みっつ 3 (counter for things) n

三⽇ みっか 3rd of the month / 3 days n

三⽉ さんがつ March n

No tes

There are two ways of counting numbers 1 to 10.

One is いち, に, さん, よん（し）, ご, ろく, なな（しち）, はち, きゅう（く）, じゅう. This is the standard way,

and is commonly used.

Another set is ひとつ, ふたつ, みっつ, よっつ, いつつ, むっつ, ななつ, やっつ, ここのつ, とお. Nowadays, this

way is used mostly for counting things. Note that you cannot count more than 10 in this way.

四 : シ、よ、よっ(つ)、よ(つ)、よん

Meaning: four

The whole shape is horizontally long.

The two short lines inside should be properly curved.

四 よん, し 4 n

There are two ways of reading yon and shi. Yon is used more often.

四つ よっつ 4 (counter for things) n

四⽇ よっか 4th of the month / 4 days n

四⽉ しがつ April n

五 : ゴ、いつ、いつ(つ)

Meaning: five

The 1st & the 2nd lines are not crossed, just touching.

The 2nd line should be tilted properly.

五 ご 5 n

五つ いつつ 5 (counter for things) n

五⽇ いつか 5th of the month / 5 days n

五⽉ ごがつ May n

Scene 2

Scene 3

Pilgrimage Map

The filming site of thisanimation is near Shinjuku,Tokyo.

A number of backgroundarts are made from realviews of the city.

Official Site

Wikipedia

B'z

(Rock Band)

B'z is without a doubt themost successful Japaneserock band who has soldmore than 80 millionrecords.

In 2007, B'z became thefirst band from Asia to havetheir handprints andsignatures put up in theHollywood's Rockwalk.

Tak Matsumoto (guitarist)is one of world's top playerswho have been providedtheir own signature modelLes Paul from Gibson.

Tak's work "Take Your Pick"(produced with guitaristLarry Carlton) won the 2011Grammy Award for Best PopInstrumental Album.

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六 : ロク、む、むい、むっ(つ)、む(つ)

Meaning: six

The 1st & the 2nd lines are not crossed, just touching.

The last two lines should be tilted properly.

六 ろく 6 n

六つ むっつ 6 (counter for things) n

六⽇ むいか 6th of the month / 6 days n

六⽉ ろくがつ June n

七 : シチ、なな、なな(つ)、なの

Meaning: seven

The 1st line is slightly tilted upwards.

The 2nd line is curved, not bent at an angle.

七 なな, しち 7 n

There are two ways of reading nana and shichi. Nana is used more often.

七つ ななつ 7 (counter for things) n

七⽇ なのか 7th of the month / 7 days n

七⽉ しちがつ July n

⼋ : ハチ、や、やっ(つ)、や(つ)、よう

Meaning: eight

Tilt two lines properly.

The distance between two lines should be proper.

⼋ はち 8 n

⼋つ やっつ 8 (counter for things) n

⼋⽇ ようか 8th of the month / 8 days n

⼋⽉ はちがつ August n

九 : キュウ、ク、ここの、ここの(つ)

Meaning: nine

The 1st line should be tilted and curved properly.

The 2nd stroke bends sharply at the top, then curves at the bottom, and then goes up.

九 きゅう, く 9 n

There are two ways of reading kyū and ku. Kyū is used more often.

九つ ここのつ 9 (counter for things) n

Go For It, Baby - キオクの⼭脈 [kioku no sanmyaku ]

Into Free - Dangan

Theme song of Capcon'sgame "Dragon's Dogma"

Liar! Liar!

Calling

Official Site

Wikipedia

YouTube Official Channel

iTunes

千の⾵になって(A Thousand Winds)

by Masafumi Akikawa

Learn Japanese by singing!

Music video of the song

Lyrics in Rōmaji & Hiragana

Word by word translation

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九⽇ ここのか 9th of the month / 9 days n

九⽉ くがつ September n

⼗ : ジッ、ジュウ、と、とお

Meaning: ten

The line 1 & 2 are not crossed, just touching.

The line 2 should be tilted properly.

⼗ じゅう 10 n

⼗ とお 10 (counter for things) n

⼗⽇ とおか 10th of the month / 10 days n

⼆⼗⽇ はつか 20th of the month / 20 days n

⼗⽉ じゅうがつ October n

⼗⼀⽉ じゅういちがつ November n

⼗⼆⽉ じゅうにがつ December n

Writing Practice

Handwriting practice improves your character recognition ability.

It is recommended to do the writing practice to get familiar with the shape of letters.

Printable writing practice sheet is available at Kanji Writing Practice page.

Structure of Kanji

There are some patterns of structure;

Left+Right: 明(⽇+⽉), 社(ネ+⼟), 秋(⽲+⽕), 休(⼈+⽊)

Upper+Lower: 分(⼋+⼑), 古(⼗+⼝), 名(⼣+⼝), 男(⽥+⼒)

Outside+Inside: 回(⼝+⼝), 国(⼝+⽟), 聞(⾨+⽿), 間(⾨+⽇)

Kanji symbols are composed of limited number of components.

Some Kanji symbols you have learned are commonly used as a component of other Kanji.

⼈: 作, 位, 夜, 座, ⾁, ⽋, 貸

⽇: 明, 冒, 間, 星, 早, ⾳, 温

⼟: 寺, 圧, 去, ⾛, 考, 経, 都

Drill Exercise

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