百万(ひゃくまん)

ひゃくまん
number
one million; 1,000,000
1. one million; 1,000,000
the number 1,000,000, written as 百万(ひゃくまん) (100 × 10,000) in the Japanese numbering system
宝(たから)くじで百万(ひゃくまん)円(えん)当(あ)たった。
I won one million yen in the lottery.
その動画(どうが)は再生(さいせい)回数(かいすう)百万(ひゃくまん)回(かい)を超(こ)えた。
That video has exceeded one million views.
この都市(とし)の人口(じんこう)は約(やく)百万(ひゃくまん)人(にん)だ。
The population of this city is about one million people.

JAPANESE NUMBER SYSTEM:

Japanese uses a system based on units of 10,000 (万(まん)) rather than 1,000. Thus:

  • 百万(ひゃくまん) = 100 × 万(まん) = 1,000,000
  • 千万(せんまん) = 1,000 × 万(まん) = 10,000,000
  • 一億(いちおく) = 100,000,000

COMMON EXPRESSIONS:

  • 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)
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