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one million; 1,000,000
the number 1,000,000, written as 百万 (100 × 10,000) in the Japanese numbering system
宝くじで百万円当たった。
I won one million yen in the lottery.
その動画は再生回数百万回を超えた。
That video has exceeded one million views.
この都市の人口は約百万人だ。
The population of this city is about one million people.
百万 is one million (1,000,000). In the Japanese number system, it is expressed as 百 (100) × 万 (10,000).
JAPANESE NUMBER SYSTEM:
Japanese groups numbers in units of 10,000 (万), not 1,000 as in English:
- 十万: 100,000 (ten ten-thousands)
- 百万: 1,000,000 (hundred ten-thousands)
- 千万: 10,000,000
- 一億: 100,000,000 (next major unit)
COMMON EXPRESSIONS:
- 百万円: one million yen (~$7,000 USD)
- 百万長者: millionaire
- 百万ドル: one million dollars
- 百万分の一: one in a million
LEARNER TIP:
Converting between English and Japanese number groupings is a common source of confusion. Practice thinking in units of 万 rather than translating from thousands.