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ゼロ / れい
zero / rei
0 (zero)

一　二　三　四　五　六　七　八　九　十
いち　に　さん　よん　ご　ろく　なな　はち　きゆう　じゅう
Ichi ni san yon go roku nana hachi kyuu juu
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

It's crucial to know these ten numbers as they are your way to making it to 99.

So, how do we get 11? Let's find out. (The rest of this will be in romaji, fyi. I do emphasize practicing both kanji and the hiragana.)
Think of it as going in order. Start at the beginning of the number 11, we have ten, right? What's next? One. So, that's 11.
Juu + ichi = juu ichi OR 11
The same thing goes for all numbers in Japanese, but let's just start off basic.

12 = juu ni
13 = juu san
15 = juu go
19 = juu ku/kyu

So what would your guess be to get twenty?

20 = 2 + 10 = ni juu
21 = 2 + 10 + 1 = ni juu ichi
25 = 2 + 10 + 5 = ni juu go
30 = 3 + 10 = san juu
47 = 4 + 10 + 7 = yon juu nana
63 = 6 + 10 + 3 = roku juu san
88 = 8 + 10 + 8 = hachi juu hachi
99 = 9 + 10 + 9 = ku juu ku

So there you have it, you can now count to 99!
Next is the fun part, going even higher (don't be scared!)

100 = hyaku
So, 101 = 100 + 1 = hyaku ichi
123 = 100 + 2 + 10 + 3 = hyaku ni juu san
244 = 2 + 100 + 4 + 10 + 4 = ni hyaku yon juu yon
568 = 5 + 100 + 6 + 10 + 8 = go hyaku roku juu hachi

There are some cases where you have to be careful with 'hyaku'. Some numbers change its pronunciation. These don't really have a pattern, so it's just something you will have to memorize.
300 = san byaku
600 = roppyaku
800 = happyaku

Knowing that, let's try 357:
357 = 3 + 100 + 5 + 10 + 7 = san byaku go juu nana

Now you can count all the way to 999. (Or should be able to, with practice, haha).

I won't go into too much detail for the rest of the higher numbers, as you will see a pattern, but I will do a few examples and post any pronunciation exceptions.

1,000 = sen
3,000 = zen
8,000 = hassen

3,169 = 3 + 1,000 + 100 + 6 + 10 + 9 = san zen hyaku roku juu ku

10,000 is special so please do be careful. It is actually pronounced ichi man. Not just man, you have to have the one in front of it. Aside from that, it works just as the numbers before it do. So 20,000 would be ni man, etc.

70,816 = 7 + 10,000 + 8 + 100 + 10 + 6 = nana man happyaku juu roku
34,952 = 3 + 10,000 + 4 + 1,000 + 9 + 100 + 5 + 10 + 2 = san man yon sen kyuu hyaku go juu ni

Now you should be able to count to 99,999.
The following may be a bit tricky or confusing, but with practice, it becomes easier. After 'man', the cycle of '0′ numbers repeat in groups of four. (You'll see what I mean in a second).

100,000 = juu man
Think of it as 10 adding on it's zero to 10,000.
1,000,000 = hyaku man
100 adding it's two zeros to 10,000.
10,000,000 = sen man

There is no 'man man'. Though just for your curiosity, 100,000,000 is ichi oku.

So, there you have it, lots of number fun for ya'll.

Description
ゼロ / れい
zero / rei
0 (zero)

一　二　三　四　五　六　七　八　九　十
いち　に　さん　よん　ご　ろく　なな　はち　きゆう　じゅう
Ichi ni san yon go roku nana hachi kyuu juu
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

It's crucial to know these ten numbers as they are your way to making it to 99.

So, how do we get 11? Let's find out. (The rest of this will be in romaji, fyi. I do emphasize practicing both kanji and the hiragana.)
Think of it as going in order. Start at the beginning of the number 11, we have ten, right? What's next? One. So, that's 11.
Juu + ichi = juu ichi OR 11
The same thing goes for all numbers in Japanese, but let's just start off basic.

12 = juu ni
13 = juu san
15 = juu go
19 = juu ku/kyu

So what would your guess be to get twenty?

20 = 2 + 10 = ni juu
21 = 2 + 10 + 1 = ni juu ichi
25 = 2 + 10 + 5 = ni juu go
30 = 3 + 10 = san juu
47 = 4 + 10 + 7 = yon juu nana
63 = 6 + 10 + 3 = roku juu san
88 = 8 + 10 + 8 = hachi juu hachi
99 = 9 + 10 + 9 = ku juu ku

So there you have it, you can now count to 99!
Next is the fun part, going even higher (don't be scared!)

100 = hyaku
So, 101 = 100 + 1 = hyaku ichi
123 = 100 + 2 + 10 + 3 = hyaku ni juu san
244 = 2 + 100 + 4 + 10 + 4 = ni hyaku yon juu yon
568 = 5 + 100 + 6 + 10 + 8 = go hyaku roku juu hachi

There are some cases where you have to be careful with 'hyaku'. Some numbers change its pronunciation. These don't really have a pattern, so it's just something you will have to memorize.
300 = san byaku
600 = roppyaku
800 = happyaku

Knowing that, let's try 357:
357 = 3 + 100 + 5 + 10 + 7 = san byaku go juu nana

Now you can count all the way to 999. (Or should be able to, with practice, haha).

I won't go into too much detail for the rest of the higher numbers, as you will see a pattern, but I will do a few examples and post any pronunciation exceptions.

1,000 = sen
3,000 = zen
8,000 = hassen

3,169 = 3 + 1,000 + 100 + 6 + 10 + 9 = san zen hyaku roku juu ku

10,000 is special so please do be careful. It is actually pronounced ichi man. Not just man, you have to have the one in front of it. Aside from that, it works just as the numbers before it do. So 20,000 would be ni man, etc.

70,816 = 7 + 10,000 + 8 + 100 + 10 + 6 = nana man happyaku juu roku
34,952 = 3 + 10,000 + 4 + 1,000 + 9 + 100 + 5 + 10 + 2 = san man yon sen kyuu hyaku go juu ni

Now you should be able to count to 99,999.
The following may be a bit tricky or confusing, but with practice, it becomes easier. After 'man', the cycle of '0′ numbers repeat in groups of four. (You'll see what I mean in a second).

100,000 = juu man
Think of it as 10 adding on it's zero to 10,000.
1,000,000 = hyaku man
100 adding it's two zeros to 10,000.
10,000,000 = sen man

There is no 'man man'. Though just for your curiosity, 100,000,000 is ichi oku.

So, there you have it, lots of number fun for ya'll.