How to Say ‘Ninety nine’ in Japanese
九十九
きゅうじゅうきゅう
💬 Usage Tip: [九十九] has recurring nine [九] formations, pronounced (kyuu-juu-kyuu).
🇯🇵 In Japan: Ninety-nine is a number of completion, as the next step is the full cycle at one hundred.
Word-by-Word Breakdown
九十きゅうじゅう
[kyuujuu]
ninety
Part of the number ninety-nine in Japanese.
九十ページを読みました。
I read ninety pages.
九きゅう
[kyuu]
nine
Nine, used in combinations like in ninety-nine.
九人のメンバーがいます。
There are nine members.
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