Thousands and bigger numbers in Japanese

Japanese NumbersThousands and bigger

Thousands are quite different between in

English and Japanese.

Thousands in EnglishThere are thousands between 1,000 through 999,000.

1,000 ~ 999,000

1,000

10,000

100,000

one thousand

ten thousand

one hundred thousand

Thousands in Japanese

1,000 9,000

One Thousand to Nine Thousand

(いち) せん( i c h i ) s e n

きゅう せんk y u u s e n

*

*Not “ichi-sen”, just “sen” as one thousand.

There are thousands between 1 through 9.

It means there’s NO ten thousand,just like there’s NO ten hundredHundreds (hyaku) Thousands (sen)

100 ひゃく hyaku 1,000 せん sen

200 に ひゃく ni hyaku 2,000 に せん ni sen

300 さん びゃく san byaku 3,000 さん ぜん san zen

400 よん ひゃく yon hyaku 4,000 よん せん yon sen

500 ご ひゃく go hyaku 5,000 ご せん go sen

600 ろっ ぴゃく rop pyaku 6,000 ろく せん roku sen

700 なな ひゃく nana hyaku 7,000 なな せん nana sen

800 はっ ぴゃく hap pyaku 8,000 はっ せん has sen

900 きゅう ひゃく kyuu hyaku 9,000 きゅう せん kyuu sen

Instead of ten thousand, we have another digit name as

Instead of ten hundred, there’s one thousand.

まんma n

Digit name as まんm a n

There are まん between 1 through 999.ma n

10,000 ~ 9,990,000

10,000

100,000

1000,000

いち まんi c h i m a n

じゅう まんj u u m a n

ひゃく まんh y a k u m a n

いちまんi c h i m a n

10,000

きゅうひゃくk y u u h y a k u

まんm a n

9,990,000

900

909 きゅう

k y u uきゅうじゅうk y u u j u u

ろくせんr o k u s e n

にまんn i m a n

26,829

6,000800

20,000

にじゅうn i j u u

はっぴゃくh a p p y a k u

209 きゅう

k y u u

26,829

にまんn i m a n

ろくせんr o k u s e n

にじゅうn i j u u

はっぴゃくh a p p y a k u

きゅうk y u u

ごせんg o s e n

よんじゅうにまんy o n j u u n i m a n

426,829

5,000800

420,000

にじゅうn i j u u

はっぴゃくh a p p y a k u

209 きゅう

k y u u

425,829

よんじゅうにまんy o n j u u n i m a n

ごせんg o s e n

にじゅうn i j u u

はっぴゃくh a p p y a k u

きゅうk y u u

ごせんg o s e n

よんひゃくよんじゅうにまんy o n h y a k u y o n j u u n i m a n

4,425,829

5,000800

4,420,000

にじゅうn i j u u

はっぴゃくh a p p y a k u

209 きゅう

k y u u

4,425,829

よんひゃくよんじゅうにまんy o n h y a k u y o n j u u n i m a n

ごせんg o s e n

にじゅうn i j u u

はっぴゃくh a p p y a k u

きゅうk y u u

We have another digit name

next to まん as おく.m a n o k u

There are おく between 1 through 999.o k u

100,000,000 ~ 99,900,000,000

いちおくi c h i o k u

100,000,000

きゅうひゃくk y u u h y a k u

900

909 きゅう

k y u uきゅうじゅうk y u u j u u

99,900,000,000

おくo k u

40,425,829

Now I do believe that you can read the number below;

Good Luck!