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Learn Japanese: yon - four

Japanese
/Numbers up to 10
/yon

yon

Word

四よんyon

Meaning

four

Part of speech

numeral

Pronunciation

Course

Japanese

Lesson

Numbers up to 10

Breakdown of yon

four

四

In the past, humans with four legs were enclosed in a cage and shown in a circus.

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

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

四よ時じ　十じゅう　一いっ分ぷんyoji juu ippun

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.

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 been^become 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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