How To Recognize Japanese Writing
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e. Number of months is counted in both the pure Japanese and Chinese ways:
| Kun (Japanese) | On (Chinese) | |
| one month | hitotsuki | ikkagetstu |
| two months | futatsuki | nikagetsu |
| three months | mitsuki | sankagetsu |
| four months | yotsuki | shikagetsu |
| five months | itsutsuki | gokagetsu |
| six months | mutsuki | rokkagetsu |
| seven months | nanatsuki | shichikagetsu |
| eight months | yatsuki | hakkagetsu |
| nine months | kokonotsuki | kukagetsu |
| ten months | totsuki | jikkagetsu |
| eleven months | jūikkagetsu | |
| twelve months | jūnikagetsu |
How To Recognize Japanese Writing
Learn to read the following writing which may enable one to recognize numerals and dates on metal pieces, engines, etc., of the Japanese military tools.
- a. Numbers written from left to right:
- 三四五一六七 345167
- 四七八二九一 478291
- 六二〇二四九 620249
- b. Numbers written vertically:
| 四 九 九 〇 一 |
三 〇 四 七 六 |
二 九 八 八 〇 |
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四 三 八 二 九 九 |
4 9 9 0 1 |
3 0 4 7 6 |
2 9 8 8 0 |
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4 3 8 2 9 9 |
