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Old 03-31-2005, 11:17 AM   #7
jitensha
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Re: Yon/Shi and Nana/Shichi

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"Hitotsu" etc are cardinal numbers. "Ichi" etc are nominal.
Thanks, I see. I thought it was more complicated than that.
But for cardinals greater than 10 one would switch to
the chinese variant, correct? I don't mean to go off topic but
why doesn't the "hitotsu series" go above 10?
That seems odd...

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