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How do you say "million" in Japanese?
百万
hyakuman
In Japanese, "million" is 百万 (hyakuman).
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Pronunciation
Say hya-ku-MAN, where hyaku means hundred and man means ten thousand, combined to reach a million.
Writing and usage
百万 is written using kanji. It's a noun, and this word is also taught inside the Noun Town language learning game, where it appears in interactive lessons alongside hundreds of other everyday words.
Example sentence
この街には100万人以上の人口がいます。
kono machi niha 100 bannin ijou no jinkou gaimasu.
The city has over a million people.
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How to remember 百万
Hyakuman is hundred, hyaku, times man, ten-thousand - remember it as a hundred stacks of ten thousand.
Related words
- dozen 12 12
- hundred 百 hyaku
- thousand 千 sen
- billion 10億 10 oku
- half 半分 hanbun
- quarter 四分の一 yonbun no ichi
- double ダブル daburu
- triple トリプル toripuru
- first 一番目 ichibanme
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Questions about 百万
How do you pronounce 百万?
Say hya-ku-MAN, where hyaku means hundred and man means ten thousand, combined to reach a million.
Is 百万 formal or casual?
百万 is a neutral, everyday word that works in both casual and polite speech. The level of formality comes from the sentence structure around it, not from the word itself.
How is 百万 written in Japanese?
百万 is written using kanji. Romanised, it reads as hyakuman.
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