百万(ひゃくまん)

百万(ひゃくまん) is one million (1,000,000). In the Japanese number system, it is expressed as 百(ひゃく) (100) × 万(まん) (10,000).

Usage

Japanese groups numbers in units of 10,000 (万(まん)), not 1,000 as in English:

• 十万(じゅうまん): 100,000 (ten ten-thousands)
• 百万(ひゃくまん): 1,000,000 (hundred ten-thousands)
• 千万(せんまん): 10,000,000
• 一億(いちおく): 100,000,000 (next major unit)

Common expressions

• 百万(ひゃくまん)円(えん): one million yen (~$7,000 USD)
• 百万(ひゃくまん)長者(ちょうじゃ): millionaire
• 百万(ひゃくまん)ドル: one million dollars
• 百万(ひゃくまん)分(ぶん)の一(いち): one in a million

Watch out

Converting between English and Japanese number groupings is a common source of confusion. Practice thinking in units of 万(まん) rather than translating from thousands.