Numbers in Japanese
こんにちは。
At the moment I am struggling with all the different counting suffixes like 〜台 or 〜才.
My question: when do you use the Kanji and when the "western" numbers? Or can you use both in every situation?
E.g., 2月10日、九時、...

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こんにちは。

縦書きの時、漢字を使います。
when the vertical writing, we write in Chinese characters.
二
十
一
番

横書きの時、数字を使います。
When the horizontal writing, we write in western numbers.　21番
as our basic rules..

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