How do Japanese people count seconds?

[rabite30]

@Leebo

When I’ve seen Japanese people doing longer, more deliberate counts, it tends to be something like this, where they lengthen the first part and punctuate the second. If it’s a one syllable one like に or ご, they still just make it work.

い～ち
に～い
さ～ん
し～い / よ～ん
ご～お
ろ～く
な～な / し～ち
は～ち
きゅ～う
じゅ～う

Maybe others have other ways, but this is what it seems to me.

When I read this, It reminds me of that character from Toradora. Counting down to get an answer from the main male character… till she says “Zero. No longer helping.” I dont remember her name though.

[yukkuri_kame]

One one thousand, that’s done in American english as well.

[yukkuri_kame]

In metric, of course!

[Kazzeon]

Ichi byou keika…
Ni byou keika…
San byou keika…