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If you have a pile of spare change that includes one cent, five cents, ten cents and 25 cents, you can pick at random two or three coins and try to name the value with numbers in Japanese.
For example, I would pick out a dime, penny and nickel. I would then, as quickly as I can and without cheating, name the numerical value. For this example, it would be じゅうろく (16).
I hope this helps you as much as it’s helping me!
(Also, sorry if this is posted elsewhere. I searched and didn’t see anything like it:P)P.S- I’m using US currency, so the values might be a bit different in your case:P
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Dormoxx.
More more authenticity, use Japanese coins. They go 1 yen, 5 yen, 10, 50, 100, 500. Then it’s notes for 1000 and up. =)
I remember doing this when I was a kid. I will have to try this out, that’s a great idea! Perhaps you could also subtract the coins, or time yourself.
My method for practising numbers was reading SKU numbers at work to myself in Japanese and seeing if I could remember them as long as I could in English. I then did the same for prices on tags. This worked fairly well and I’d say I have a decent grasp on saying numbers from 1-9,999. Once it starts getting into the 10,000′s and above however, I fall apart like a wet newspaper. :P
I got a really charming talking calculator app from iTunes Japan that’s absolutely wonderful for practising numbers and simple math terms, but I still find large numbers difficult.
Joel:
More more authenticity, use Japanese coins. They go 1 yen, 5 yen, 10, 50, 100, 500. Then it’s notes for 1000 and up. =)Oh, trust me. If I had some actual Japanese currency I would love to. :D
Sayuri:
I remember doing this when I was a kid. I will have to try this out, that’s a great idea! Perhaps you could also subtract the coins, or time yourself.I hadn’t thought about timing myself; Great idea!
Gigatron:
My method for practising numbers was reading SKU numbers at work to myself in Japanese and seeing if I could remember them as long as I could in English. I then did the same for prices on tags. This worked fairly well and I’d say I have a decent grasp on saying numbers from 1-9,999. Once it starts getting into the 10,000′s and above however, I fall apart like a wet newspaper. :PI got a really charming talking calculator app from iTunes Japan that’s absolutely wonderful for practising numbers and simple math terms, but I still find large numbers difficult.
Wow, that’s awesome! I’ll have to remember to do things like that when I’m not studying.
Also, do you read the SKUs number by number or as a whole? As for the price tags, I think you’d read the numbers as a whole, correct?Currently, I’m still having trouble with 100+. Nothing some studying won’t help:D
I read the SKU’s number-by-number, as one would a phone number (incidentally, I use those as practise too), whereas price tags I do indeed read as whole numbers, and include their respective decimals.
Work is one of those places where there’s really no chance to do any studying, but I’ve found ways to squeeze a little practise here and there. Aside from the aforementioned SKU’s, I often listen to Japanese podcasts/music as I work (though it is very much against the rules!) and I’ve developed a habit of scribbling kanji on any surface I can write on. :P
You can do this while driving too with the speedometer, odometer, speed signs, number plates etc etc. We’re surrounded by numbers all the time we just never really notice because we’re so accustomed to seeing them.
Yeah, work feels so much more productive/useful squeezing some studying in haha.
I was doing the number readings at my retail job for awhile too but decided to focus on learning kanji+vocab on my phone instead.
At the office job, I’m in front of a PC all day so I use that. -
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