Hey guys. I teach my nephew Japanese every Saturday, and I’m going to teach numbers tomorrow. I made these drawings to help him remember and I thought I’d share with you guys in case you have a beginner you wanna teach too.
They’re only scribbles, though, so you might wanna make them much nicer-looking.
いち - itchy
に - knee
さん - sun
し - shhh
ご - go
ろく - lock
なな - banana
はち - hatch
きゅう - cute
じゅう - jiujitsu
I guess that would make sense. Not just よん and し though, also for なな and しち. While young(er) people count with よん and なな, old people go with し and しち instead. Interesting part is, young(er) people also use し and しち while counting backwards. It’s mostly anecdotal of course but my kanji teacher made me realize this and I found it quite interesting. However, indeed there is no rule for which one to use.