Japanese Conversation · Level 4
86 words
Japanese word
千
Pronunciation
Romajisen
Meaning
- numberone thousand, thousand
Example
千円あります。sen en a ri ma su
I have one thousand yen.
More examples
これは千円です。ko re wa sen en de su
This is one thousand yen.
毎月、千円を貯金しています。mai tsuki sen en o cho kin shi te i ma su
I save one thousand yen every month.
Core concept
Marks the point reached when one unit is counted a thousand times.
Common phrases
千円sen en
one thousand yen
千人sen nin
one thousand people
千年sen nen
one thousand years
Similar words
百hyaku: A number equal to ten groups of ten.
万man: A number equal to ten groups of one thousand.
Definition in Japanese
一の千倍に当たる数を表す語。ichi no sen bai ni a ta ru kazu o arawa su go
Word origin
千 (sen, "thousand") is the Sino-Japanese reading of the Chinese character 千, whose original meaning is "thousand."
Usage tips
- Japanese counting groups numbers by four digits, so 千 (sen) fills the thousands place before 万 (man), the unit for ten thousand.