Chapter 3 - Numbers

Question 1

一

Answer 1

いち - 1

Question 2

二

Answer 2

に - 2

Question 3

三

Answer 3

さん - 3

Question 4

四

Answer 4

し, よん - 4

Question 5

五

Answer 5

ご - 5

Question 6

六

Answer 6

ROKU - Six
Less common: RIKU, mui, mu-, mu
Visual: My Sixth sense tells me that if you throw a Police hat into a Volcano that it will burn.
Aural: I use my ROKU to watch the Six o’clock news.

Question 7

七

Answer 7

しち, なな - 7

Question 8

八

Answer 8

はち - 8

Question 9

九

Answer 9

きゅう, く - 9

Question 10

十 (Chinese System)

Answer 10

じゅう - 10

Question 11

百

Answer 11

ひゃく - 100

Question 12

二百

Answer 12

にひゃく - 200

Question 13

三百

Answer 13

さんびゃく - 300

Question 14

四百

Answer 14

よんひゃく - 400

Question 15

五百

Answer 15

ごひゃく - 500

Question 16

六百

Answer 16

ろっぴゃく - 600

Question 17

七百

Answer 17

ななひゃく - 700

Question 18

八百

Answer 18

はっぴゃく - 800

Question 19

九百

Answer 19

きゅひゃく - 900

Question 20

千

Answer 20

せん - 1,000

Question 21

二千

Answer 21

にせん - 2,000

Question 22

三千

Answer 22

さんぜん - 3,000

Question 23

四千

Answer 23

よんせん - 4,000

Question 24

五千

Answer 24

ごせん - 5,000

Question 25

六千

Answer 25

ろくせん - 6,000

Question 26

七千

Answer 26

ななせん - 7,000

Question 27

八千

Answer 27

はっせん - 8,000

Question 28

九千

Answer 28

きゅうせん - 9,000

Question 29

一万

Answer 29

いちまん - 10,000

Question 30

-人

Answer 30

にん - Counter for people

Question 31

ページ

Answer 31

Counter for page

Question 32

京

Answer 32

KYŌ - Capital/metropolis Less common: KEI Visual: Vampires feel small in the city, coming from small towns. They even ask the police for directions sometimes. Aural: TōKYŌ is the Capital of Japan.

Question 33

見

Answer 33

KEN; mi - See/watch Visual: The cyclops wants people to see him for the ballerina that he is. Aural: “See? KEN is so mean.”

Question 34

止

Answer 34

SHI; to - Stop Visual: A good figure skater forced to stop by running into a pole. Aural: Sheila came to a total stop.

Question 35

七

Answer 35

SHICHI; nana - Seven Less common: nano Visual: Upside down 7. Aural: “nana, SHI CHEAted for the 7th time!”

Question 36

少

Answer 36

SHŌ; suku, suko - Few/Little(quantity) Visual: The small comet has Few friends because he’s always moving. Aural: I asked the scooter salesperson to SHŌ me their selection, then scolded them for only having a Few in stock.

Question 37

々

Answer 37

Onaji, noma - previous kanji is repeated.

Question 38

南

Answer 38

NAN; minami - South Visual: Gorilla and scarecrow get married; scarecrow’s son wants to snowboard, but the gorilla wants to travel South where it’s warm. Aural: Minami (Mini-Me) needs a NANny while I travel South.

Question 39

工

Answer 39

KŌ - Craft Less common: KU Visual: An anvil. Aural: KŌ (the face-stealer) is a master of face-Craft.

Question 40

左

Answer 40

hidari - Left Less common: SA Visual: Craft workers’ unions tend to be Left wing, and can unite to take down a superhero, even. Aural: Heed a reef, while there are any Left.

Question 41

高

Answer 41

KŌ; taka - Tall (sometimes expensive) Visual: King Kong kidnapping a baby vampire and climbing a Tall building, until the police stop him. Aural: KŌ can talk a lot about Tall tales.

Question 42

買

Answer 42

ka - Buy Less common: BAI Visual: Buying shellfish to bandage them and set them free. Aural: Buying a kaple (couple) of bandages for my shellfish.

Question 43

百

Answer 43

HYAKU - Hundred Visual: One hundred percent of white top buns are white. Aural: Not needed.

Question 44

円

Answer 44

EN; maru - Circle (or yen [currency]). Visual: Gorillas enCircleing a park ranger. Aural: All yEN are marun (maroon) Circles (not really.)

Question 45

元

Answer 45

GEN, GAN; moto - Basis, original state, ex-. Visual: Two ballet legs are the Basis of any good ballet. Aural: The Basis of motocross: one person starts GENing (gaining), and then one person is GAN (gone).

Question 46

首

Answer 46

SHU; kubi - Neck, leader, chief Visual: His sense of self is so attached to his snowboard that he carries his snowboard on his neck everywhere he goes. Aural: Scooby Doo wearing ski SHUs on the ski slope, and breaking his Neck.

Question 47

歩

Answer 47

HO; aru - Walk Less common: BU, FU; ayu Visual: When I Walk, I take a few steps and stop. Aural: “aru a HO?” “I’m a streetWalker, thank you very much!”

Question 48

子

Answer 48

SHI; ko - Child (can suggest something small.) Visual: Looks like a Child. Aural: SHI grabbed a coat for her Child.

Question 49

好

Answer 49

KŌ; su - Like, good, favorable Less common: kono Visual: Woman and child. Aural: KŌ (the face-stealer) thought about suing his friend, but decided not to because he Liked him too much.

Question 50

古

Answer 50

KO; furu - Old Visual: Scarecrow next to an Old folks home for vampires; vampires biting his ankle. Aural: In the Old days, it was Conan O’Brien who ruled late night TV.

Question 51

火

Answer 51

KA; hi - Fire Less common: ho Visual: Looks like Fire. Aural: KAmp Fires give off heat.

Question 52

冬

Answer 52

TŌ; fuyu - Winter Visual: To make Winter less drab, I strap bags of jellybeans to running chickens. Aural: Every Winter, those who use their car on ice need to get it TŌwed to the mechanic.