Talk:Japanese/Numbers

Decadic
"decadic system" is from 0 to 9, i believe...
 * The decadic system describes the base, which is 10. However, you're correct that the set of numbers used is 0 to 9.  -- Retropunk (talk) 16:11, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Amaterasu legend
I've removed the following from the page:
 * There is a legend that the sun goddess Amaterasu once hid herself in a cave, which led to darkness on Earth. Trying to get her back, other gods gathered around the cave and decided that another goddess should perform a ritual dancing to make Amaterasu wonder what is happening outside, and step out of the cave. During this ritual, a god Ame no Koyate no Mikoto prayed for Amaterasu to come out. He said "ひ" and other gods replied "とつ", he said "ふ" and other continued "たつ", he said "み", and they added "つ". Then the same answer was for "と", "いつ", "む", "なな", "や" and "ここの". The last word all the gods said together: "とを".
 * The origin of these words are a mystery, but some scholars believe they have Hebrew roots, and even attempt (rather successfully) to translate them like if they were said in Hebrew.
 * These words became the first Japanese counting words. Their reading is called kunyomi (訓読み, くんよみ) and they are now pronounced as:

Checking online, the only source I could find was this bit of original research. If someone wants it in, we're going to need something more substantial. --Swift (talk) 21:57, 9 April 2009 (UTC)