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75 words
Japanese word
何千
Pronunciation
Romajinanzen
Meaning
- nounthousands
Example
何千人も集まりました。nan zen nin mo atsu ma ri ma shi ta
Thousands gathered.
More examples
何千人もの観客が会場を埋めました。nan zen nin mo no kan kyaku ga kai jō o u me ma shi ta
Thousands of spectators filled the venue.
Core concept
It frames an amount as several units of one thousand without naming the total.
Common phrases
何千人nan zen nin
thousands of people
何千円nan zen en
thousands of yen
Similar words
数千sūsen: A quantity estimated at several thousand rather than stated precisely.
Definition in Japanese
千を単位として数えた、具体的には定めない大きな数。sen o tan i to shi te kazo e ta gu tai teki ni wa sada me na i ō ki na kazu
Word origin
何千 (nanzen, "thousands") is formed from 何 (nan, "what or how many") and 千 (sen, "thousand"), with 千 changing to zen through compound voicing.
Usage tips
- 何千 (nanzen) often appears before a counter, as in 何千人 (nanzen-nin), rather than serving as an exact numerical count.