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How to Count to 1 Thousand & 1 MILLION in Japanese.

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Hello Junkies!

Want to count to a thousand and a million in Japanese? Good! You’ll learn it all in the next 3
minutes. And if you know how to count in big Japanese numbers, you can…

Get rich (or die trying)

Talk about big money
Count the number of people in Japan
and much more…

If you don’t know how to count from 1-100, check out this lesson first: “Counting in Japanese 1-
100 for Beginners (https://www.linguajunkie.com/japanese/count-in-japanese-1-100).” 

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Okay, let’s get to it! Don’t worry, it’s easy. We will take you step-by-step, so you go through all
the basic numbers. You can also print out this article out and use it as reference material. Sound
good? Good!

Part 1: How to count from 100 to 1,000

Part 2: How to count from 1,000 to 10,000
Part 3: How to count from 100,000 to 1 Million in Japanese
Part 4: Useful phrases with numbers

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Part 1: How to count from 100 to 1,000 in Japanese

If you already know how to say 1-10 in Japanese, then this will be very easy.

One hundred or hundreds is “hyaku” and “thousands” is “sen” in Japanese.

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These are the only two things you need to remember, and follow the rules below:

Rule: Add the number (1-9) from our previous lesson to “hyaku”.
Format: (any number from 1 to 9) + hyaku
Examples: 400 is yon hyaku, 700 is nana hyaku

Number Romaji/English Hiragana Kanji

100 hyaku ひゃく 百

200 ni hyaku にひゃく 二百

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300 san byaku さんびゃく 三百

400 yon hyaku よんひゃく 四百

500 go hyaku ごひゃく 五百

600 ro ppyaku ろっぴゃく 六百

700 nana hyaku ななひゃく 七百

800 ha ppyaku はっぴゃく 八百

900 kyuu hyaku きゅうひゃく 九百

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Wait! If you’re smart enough, you might have noticed that there are some numbers that do not use
“hyaku.” They use the same kanji but have different sounds: “byaku” and “ppyaku.” So, there are a
few exceptions to remember.

The numbers that use these sounds are 300, 600, and 800.

300 becomes san byaku

600 becomes ro ppyaku – ro comes from the number 6 roku
800 becomes ha ppyaku – ha comes from the number 8 hachi

These are the only extra things you need to memorize when counting to a thousand in Japanese.

Counting from 101 to 999

Now, that you know the basic hundreds, let’s try counting the in-between numbers. This is easy if
you know how to count from 10 to 100. Just follow this rule.

Rule: Add any number from (1-9) with hyaku, then add any number from (1-9) with juu,
then any number from (1-9).
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Format: ((any number from 100 to 900) + hyaku) + ((any number from 1-9) + juu) + (any
number from 1-9)
Examples: 111 is hyaku juu ichi, and 368 is san byaku roku juu hachi

Part 2: How to count from 1,000 to 10,000 in Japanese

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Ready to count to a thousand in Japanese? Yes?

Good.

Counting from 1,000 to 10,000 gets a little longer, but as simple as what you learned in Part 1. Just
follow this rule for counting thousands in Japanese.

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Rule: Add the number (1-9) to sen. It’s just the same rule we had in part 1, but instead of
hundred or hyaku, we use thousand or sen.
Format: (any number from 1 to 9) + sen
Examples: 4,000 is yon sen and 9,000 is kyuu sen.

That wasn’t so hard!

Here is the full list on how to count from1,000 to 10,000.

Number Romaji/English Hiragana Kanji

1000 sen せん 千

2000 ni sen にせん 二千

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san zen さんぜん 三千

4000 yon sen よんせん 四千

5000 go sen ごせん 五千

6000 roku sen ろくせん 六千

7000 nana sen ななせん 七千

8000 ha ssen はっせん 八千

9000 kyuu sen きゅうせん 九千

10000 ichi man いちまん 一万

As you can see, similar to Part 1, there also some exceptions that stand out. In this case, 3000
becomes san zen, instead of sen.

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Counting from 1,001 to 9,999

This should be quite simple. Let’s take a look how to count in-between numbers!

The rules and format are pretty much the same. All you need to do is count from top to bottom or
bigger digits to small.

Rule: Add a number (1-9) to sen, follow with any number (1-9) with hyaku, then any
number (1-9) with juu, and finally followed by any number from (1-9).
Format: ((any number from 1 to 9) + sen) + ((any number from 1 to 9) + hyaku) + ((any
number from 1 to 9) + juu) + (any number from 1 to 9)
Examples: 4,345 is yon sen san byaku yon juu go, and 7,777 is na na sen na na hyaku na na
juu na na

How to count 10,000

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In English, 1,000 and 10,000 both still have thousand in them, but in Japanese, 10,000 is where you
start to count in “man” or the direct translation would be “million”.

This may get a bit confusing at first, but trust me, it’s just about getting used to. One trick I
remember using is associating “man” and 10,000 as the biggest note in Japanese Yen. So, you can
always take a mental note that once it is the biggest note, then it’s time to say “man.”

Now you can count over a thousand in Japanese.

You are more than half way through!

Let’s get right into the last segment, so you get ready to counting big!

Part 3: How to count from 100,000 to 1 Million in Japanese

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Almost there. You are at the last part of this “count to 1 Million in Japanese” lesson.

This will be as easy as the previous parts. The same rules apply, but are just longer.

Rule: Add the number (10-100) to man, then add the number (1-9) to sen, follow with any
number (1-9) with hyaku, then any number (1-9) with juu, and finally followed by any
number (1-9).
Format: ((any number from 10 to 100) + man) + ((any number from 1 to 9) + sen) + ((any
number from 1 to 9) + hyaku) + ((any number from 1 to 9) + juu) + (any number from 1 to
9)
Examples: 789,600 is na na juu hachi man kyuu sen ro ppyaku, and 1,234,546 is hyaku ni
juu san man yon sen go hyaku yon juu roku

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Take a look at the list below to count from 100,000 to 1,000,000 for easier reference.

Number Romaji/English Hiragana Kanji

100,000 juu man じゅうまん 十万

200,000 ni juu man にじゅうまん 二十万

300,000 san juu man さんじゅうまん 三十万

400,000 yon juu man よんじゅうまん 四十万

500,000 go juu man ごじゅうまん 五十万

489600,000 roku juu man ろくじゅうまん 六十万

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700,000 nana juu man ななじゅうまん 七十万

800,000 hachi juu man はちじゅうまん 八十万

900,000 kyuu juu man きゅうじゅうまん 九十万

1,000,000 hyaku man ひゃくまん 百万

Counting from 100,001 to 999,999

You’re almost done! Let’s count the in-between numbers. As long as you follow the rules from the
previous parts you’ll do just fine!

Rule: Add the number (10-99) to man, follow with any number (1-9) with sen, then any
number (1-9) with hyaku, followed by any number (1-9) with juu, then finally any number
(1-9).
Format: ((any number from 10 to 99) + man) + ((any number from 1 to 9) + sen) + ((any
number from 1 to 9) + hyaku) + ((any number from 1 to 9) + juu) + (any number from 1 to

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9)
Examples: 876,900 is hachi juu nana man roku sen kyuu hyaku, and 608,009 is roku juu ha
ssen kyuu

Now you know how to count up to a million in Japanese. That completes your lesson of
counting from 100 to 1 Million. It wasn’t as hard as you thought was it! Now that you know how to
count big numbers, let’s try to see how we can use them in conversations.

Part 4: Useful Phrases with numbers.

How much is this item?

Kono aitemu wa ikura desuka?

このアイテムはいくらですか。

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This item is 1,999 Yen.

Kochira no aitemu wa sen kyuu hyaku kyuu juu kyuu en ni narimasu.

こちらのアイテムは、1,999円になります。

Quick tip: You can try practicing by reading out prices to yourself every time you see one.

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Kyou no puromo de ikura makete moraemasuka?

今日のプロモでいくらまけてもらえますか。

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Today is 50% off, so that would be a total of 230,030 Yen.

Honjitsu wa go ju ppa-sento ofu to narimasunode, goukei ni juu san man san juu en to
narimasu.
本日は、50%オフとなっておりますので、合計230,030円となります。

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Another way you can practice is by doing math in Japanese. Here are some math terms you can
use to practice.

・Plus – tasu – たす

・Minus – hiku – ひく

・Times – kakeru – かける

・Divided by – waru – わる

That’s it! You’ve counted to 1 Million in Japanese! The counting gets longer as the numbers get
bigger, but as long as you practice, you’ll be able to master in no time! Was that helpful? Don’t
forget to leave a comment!

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Please to 1 to 100000 in japanese

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dominic 

is it byaku or hyaku?
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szharen ray mina 

how to read this 23,000 yen

Guest = ni juu san man yen?
or
= ni juu man san sen yen?

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