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四よんyon
four
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From Lesson 69:Numbers up to 10·Japanese

Usages of yon

二に百ひゃく　七なな十じゅう　四よんnihyaku nanajuu yon
274
三さん百びゃく　三さん十じゅう　四よんsanbyaku sanjuu yon
334
四よん十じゅうyonjuu
40
四よん百ひゃくyonhyaku
400
四よ人にんyonin
four people
四よん回かいyonkai
four times
四よ時じ　十じゅう　一いっ分ぷんyoji juu ippun
4:11
四よ時じyoji
4:00
四よん歳さいyonsai
four years old
四よん分ぷんyonpun
four minutes
四よっつyottsu
four (objects)
四よん枚まいyonmai
four flat, thin objects
四よん枚まい　の　皿さら　が　あります。yonmai no sara ga arimasu.
There are four plates.
皿さら　四よん枚まい　が　あります。sara yonmai ga arimasu.
There are four plates.
四よん千せんyonsen
4,000
四よん万まんyonman
forty thousand
四よっ日かyokka
day four; four days
十じゅう四よっ日かjuuyokka
day fourteen; fourteen days
二に十じゅう四よっ日かnijuuyokka
day twenty-four; twenty-four days
四よ時じ間かん半はん　かかりました。yojikanhan kakarimashita.
It took four and a half hours.
大だい学がく　を　卒そつ業ぎょうして　から、　もう　四よ年ねん　に　なった。daigaku o sotsugyoushite kara, mou yonen ni natta.
It's already beenbecome 4 years since I graduated from university.
川かわ　が　四よん本ほん　あります。kawa ga yonhon arimasu.
There are four rivers.
四よん本ほんyonhon
four long, cylindrical objects
私わたし　の　家か族ぞく　は　四よ人にん　です。watashi no kazoku wa yonin desu.
My family consists of four people.
四よん階かいyonkai
fourth floor
ワイン　を　四よん杯はい　飲のみました　が、　まだ　足たりません。wain o yonhai nomimashita ga, mada tarimasen.
I drank four glasses of wine, but it’s still not enough.

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Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasitaHepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita