Forty-two?

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To add on to what has already been said, it’s not uncommon to see arabic numerals being combined with kanji numbers either. A few recent examples:

I presume this is done because it’s easier to read at a glance than a number with a bunch of zeroes behind it, similar to how you would probably spell out “70 billion yen” rather than “70 000 000 000 yen” in English.

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Ah makes a lot of sense.Thank yall for the info I don’t think I was clear on what I originally meant, but I already made myself sound silly :sweat_smile: Im still at at a early level with learning Japanese and wanikani is so far the only place ive seen the kanji numbers really shown.Some the resources at least the ones I have seen only have taught numbers with hiragana and no mention of the kanji related, but I guess the number kanji are the easier ones to learn. Yall are helpful though explaining it and giving some examples.

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I suddenly see the connection with a comment Koichi made to someone who was at lvl 42 for around a month ago.

Has anyone tried answering all wanikani reviews with 42? Some days I just need an ultimate answer to fall back.

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" To enter" and " enter " are not exact equivalents

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Why are you mention numbers as Arabic numbers? They are not Arabic afaik ?

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That’s what they’re called…? In English anyway.

I’ve never heard someone say Hindu-Arabic numerals, though that’s probably more true to the history.

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Ok, でも。leebo-sann

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