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Military Japanese
| bangō | number (numerical order) |
| ichiren-bangō | serial number |
| de | with; in; at |
De can be used in several ways as in the following examples:
| Teppō de | With a rifle (instrumentality). |
| Nippongo de | In Japanese (abstraction). |
| Tōkyō de | At Tōkyō (place). |
2. Demonstrative adjectives:
| kono | this; these |
| sono | that; those |
| ano | that; those (yonder) |
Do not confound these adjectives with kore, sore and are, which are used as pronouns.
| Kore wo agemasu | I give you this. |
| Kono teppō wo agemasu | I give you this rifle. |
| Kore wa dare desu ka | Who is this? |
| Kono gunjin wa dare desu ka | Who is this soldier? |
3. Pronouns of place:
| koko | this place (here) |
| soko | that place (there) |
| asoko | that place (there yonder) |
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| Koko wa doko desu ka | Where is this (this place)? |
| Koko wa Yokohama desu | This place is Yokohama. |
4. Numerals: There are two methods of counting the numbers, the pure Japanese way (kun) and the Chinese way (on). The Japanese way is used for single numbers and the Chinese as “enumeratives.” However, from eleven on, the numbers are counted only in the Chinese way.
| On (Chinese) | Kun (Japanese) | |
| ichi | hitotsu | 1 |
| ni | futatsu | 2 |
| san | mittsu | 3 |
| shi | yottsu | 4 |
| go | itsutsu | 5 |
