Japanese Conversation · Level 53
90 words
Japanese word
億
Pronunciation
Romajioku
Meaning
- numberone hundred million
Example
一億円は大きなお金です。ichi oku en wa ō ki na o kane de su
One hundred million yen is a lot of money.
More examples
その会社は一億円を売り上げました。so no gai sha wa ichi oku en o u ri a ge ma shi ta
The company made one hundred million yen in sales.
Core concept
Marks a count formed by grouping ten thousand into a unit ten thousand times larger.
Common phrases
一億円ichi oku en
one hundred million yen
Similar words
万man: A Japanese counting unit that represents ten thousand.
兆chō: A Japanese counting unit that represents one trillion.
Definition in Japanese
万を一万倍した数を表す数詞。man o ichi man bai shi ta kazu o arawa su sū shi
Word origin
In Sino-Japanese vocabulary, 億 (oku, "one hundred million") is the Japanese reading of the Chinese numeral 億 (yì, "one hundred million").
Usage tips
- Japanese groups large numbers in blocks of four digits, making 億 (oku) a key unit between 万 (man) and 兆 (chō).