Learning Japanese numbers 1–500 gives you a much more practical range for larger prices, addresses, page numbers, room numbers, and everyday quantities that go beyond the earliest beginner lessons.

This page keeps the same lesson style as the rest of the series while expanding into a much broader number range. It is designed to help you recognize, pronounce, and translate numbers that appear often in real use.

If you are searching for Japanese Numbers 1-500 pronunciation or the common misspelling pronunciation, this page is built for that too. The charts include Number, Kanji, and Romaji, and the lesson text repeats Romaji together with Kanji in parentheses outside the charts, such as kyuu juu (九十).

  • Japanese Numbers 1-500 chart review helps you recognize the forms quickly.
  • Romaji support helps you hear and repeat the numbers more confidently.
  • Kanji support helps connect the written numeral form with the spoken number word.
  • Translate and audio / audible practice reinforce the patterns through repetition.

Japanese Numbers 1–500 Chart

Start with the chart below to see the full set of japanese numbers 1-500. On Teach Numbers, this chart supports clickable listening practice, so it is a good place to work on recognition, translate review, and pronunciation.

Click any number to hear it spoken aloud.

Use the chart first for quick recognition, then come back to it for audio or audible repetition after you have read the lesson sections below.


Key Japanese Numbers from 1 to 500

This reference table highlights the forms and turning points that matter most on a japanese numbers 1-500 page. It gives you a cleaner way to review the structure without losing sight of the larger chart.

NumberKanjiRomaji
100hyaku
101百一hyaku ichi
200二百ni hyaku
250二百五十ni hyaku go juu
300三百sanbyaku
375三百七十五sanbyaku nana juu go
400四百yon hyaku
450四百五十yon hyaku go juu
500五百go hyaku

Understanding Japanese Numbers 1–500

The biggest teaching focus on a Japanese Numbers 1–500 page is the hundreds family. Once you know hyaku (百), the next major forms are ni hyaku (二百), sanbyaku (三百), yon hyaku (四百), and go hyaku (五百).

These hundred forms are useful because they show both regularity and one important sound shift: sanbyaku (三百) does not sound exactly like the straight combination of san and hyaku.

Key forms and patterns to notice:

  • 100 is hyaku (百).
  • 200, 300, and 400 are ni hyaku (二百), sanbyaku (三百), and yon hyaku (四百).
  • 500 is go hyaku (五百).
  • Mixed numbers in the hundreds still keep the lower number patterns inside them.

That pattern awareness is what makes a page like Japanese Numbers 1-500 more useful than a simple list. Once you stop treating each number as isolated, the larger system becomes much easier to remember.

Japanese Numbers Pronunciation Tips

If your main goal is Japanese Numbers 1-500 pronunciation, focus first on the forms that learners most often hesitate over. Repeat them slowly, then return to the chart and say them again at a more natural speed.

  • Practice the hundreds as a set: hyaku (百), ni hyaku (二百), sanbyaku (三百), yon hyaku (四百), go hyaku (五百).
  • Repeat full mixed numbers like ni hyaku juu yon (二百十四) and sanbyaku nana juu go (三百七十五).
  • Use audio practice to hear where the natural phrasing falls in longer forms.
  • Keep reviewing the tens because they still appear inside the larger numbers.

Examples of Japanese Numbers 1–500 in Sentences

Reading the numbers in short everyday sentences helps move them out of isolation and into real use. These examples keep the vocabulary simple so you can focus on the number words themselves.

  • Kono toshokan ni wa sanbyaku-satsu no hon ga arimasu. — This library has three hundred books.
  • Koko ni wa yon hyaku nin ga sundeimasu. — Four hundred people live here.
  • Goukei wa go hyaku en desu. — The total cost is five hundred yen.
  • Ni hyaku yon juu hachi peeji ga shirushi tsukete arimasu. — Page two hundred forty-eight is marked.
  • Hyaku go juu kyaku no isu ga mada hitsuyou desu. — We still need one hundred fifty chairs.

Practicing number words in real sentences makes pronunciation, recognition, and recall much stronger than memorizing a list by itself.


Try the Japanese Number Translate Tool

Use the translate tool to type a numeral and see the Japanese number word. This is one of the fastest ways to connect Japanese Numbers 1-500 with written forms, chart review, and pronunciation practice.

Japanese Number Translate

Type a number to see it written as a Japanese number word.

Example: 1234

How to Practice Japanese Numbers 1–500

Here are a few simple ways to review the lesson efficiently.

  • count by hundreds, then fill in numbers between them
  • practice all the named hundreds from 100 to 500 as one family
  • translate mixed numbers such as 214, 386, and 499
  • use the chart to locate random numbers quickly
  • say larger prices and page numbers out loud with the audio support

With regular review, these numbers become much easier to recognize in conversation, class exercises, beginner reading, and listening practice.


Why Japanese Numbers 1–500 Matter

The range from 1 to 500 gives you enough number knowledge to handle many everyday references with confidence. It is especially useful for larger prices, page references, addresses, and quantity statements that go beyond the beginner 1–100 range.

Once you feel comfortable with this page, the next step is to expand into the next chart range and then apply the numbers in dates, time, prices, and quizzes. That sitewide learning flow is what helps the pages feel connected instead of isolated.


Continue Learning Japanese Numbers

You can continue learning Japanese numbers with these pages.

You can also keep building practical number skills with these related lessons:

Use the chart pages, translate tools, and follow-up lessons together to turn Japanese numbers into long-term knowledge.

Further reference: Practice Japanese number chart PDF.