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How do you say "dozen" in Japanese?
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In Japanese, "dozen" is 12 (12).
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Pronunciation
The number twelve is simply juu-ni, said with a long held juu and a short clipped ni.
Writing and usage
12 is written using mixed script. It's a noun, and this word is also taught inside the Noun Town language learning game, where it appears in interactive lessons alongside hundreds of other everyday words.
Example sentence
卵を12個買ったんだ。
tamago wo 12 ko katsu tanda.
She bought a dozen eggs.
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How to remember 12
Juuni is ten, juu, plus two, ni - a dozen eggs is just ten-and-two counted the Japanese way.
Related words
- hundred 百 hyaku
- thousand 千 sen
- million 百万 hyakuman
- billion 10億 10 oku
- half 半分 hanbun
- quarter 四分の一 yonbun no ichi
- double ダブル daburu
- triple トリプル toripuru
- first 一番目 ichibanme
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Questions about 12
How do you pronounce 12?
The number twelve is simply juu-ni, said with a long held juu and a short clipped ni.
Is 12 formal or casual?
12 is a neutral, everyday word that works in both casual and polite speech. The level of formality comes from the sentence structure around it, not from the word itself.
How is 12 written in Japanese?
12 is written using mixed script. Romanised, it reads as 12.
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"Dozen" in other languages
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