Editing Japanese numerals (section)

== Digits in written words ==
Since the adoption of [[Arabic numerals]], numbers have become written in Arabic numerals more and more often. Counters and ordinal numbers are typically written in Arabic numbers, such as {{nihongo krt|three people|3人|san-nin}}, {{nihongo krt|July, "seventh-month"|7月|shichigatsu}}, {{nihongo krt|age 20|20歳|hatachi}}, etc., although {{lang|ja|三人}}, {{lang|ja|七月}} and {{lang|ja|二十歳}} are also acceptable to write (albeit less common). However, numbers that are part of lexemes are typically written in kanji. For example, the term {{nihongo3|'vegetable stand / grocer'|八百屋|yaoya}} translates into "800 store" and uses the Old Japanese pronunciation for 800, {{tlit|ojp|ya(h)o}}. The notorious Japanese organized crime syndicate, the [[yakuza]], can be written {{lang|ja|八九三}} (or 893), a hand in {{tlit|ja|[[Oicho-Kabu|oicho-kabu]]}} that is worth 0 points, indicating that yakuza are "worthless persons" or "gambling persons".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sljfaq.org/afaq/yakuza.html |title=What is the origin of yakuza? |website=www.sljfaq.org |access-date=2016-03-24}}</ref>