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01-11-2007, 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Kuroneko View Post

Also in Japanese when you get to 10,000 you start mon. In Japanese there is no million only 100 mon (hyaku-mon) basically 100 ten thousands.
It's "man," not "mon." ^_^;;;

Also, be careful of pronounciation of numbers, there are times when it is different from what would be expected.

For example:

Sanbyaku, not Sanhyaku
Roppyaku, not Rokuhyaku
Happyaku, not Hachihyaku
Sanzen, not Sansen


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