(ひゃく)

ひゃく
noun
hundred, 100
1. hundred, 100
The number one hundred.
(ひゃく)(えん)です
It's 100 yen.
二百(にひゃく)(にん)()ました
200 people came.
あと(ひゃく)メートルです
It's 100 meters more.
I shopped at a 100-yen shop.
100-yen shops are popular discount stores in Japan
This book has over 100 pages, so it takes time to finish reading.

(ひゃく) is the number one hundred, used as a base for counting in hundreds.

SOUND CHANGES:

The reading changes when combined with certain numbers:

  • 三百(さんびゃく) (300) - びゃく
  • 六百(ろっぴゃく) (600) - っぴゃく
  • 八百(はっぴゃく) (800) - っぴゃく
  • Others: 二百(にひゃく), 四百(よんひゃく), 五百(ごひゃく), 七百(ななひゃく), 九百(きゅうひゃく)

COMMON EXPRESSIONS:

  • 百円(ひゃくえん)ショップ: 100-yen shop (discount store)
  • (ひゃく)パーセント: 100 percent
  • 百点(ひゃくてん): perfect score (100 points)
  • 百人(ひゃくにん): 100 people

IDIOMS:

  • 百聞(ひゃくぶん)一見(いっけん)にしかず: seeing is believing (lit: hearing 100 times is not as good as seeing once)