(ひゃくにん)

ひゃくにん
noun
one hundred people
1. one hundred people
A count of one hundred people.
百人(ひゃくにん)参加(さんか)した。
One hundred people participated.
参加者(さんかしゃ)(かず)百人(ひゃくにん)ぐらいだった。
The number of participants was about one hundred.
百人(ひゃくにん)以上(いじょう)社員(しゃいん)がこの会議(かいぎ)出席(しゅっせき)した。
More than one hundred employees attended this meeting.

COMMON EXPRESSIONS:

  • 百人一首(ひゃくにんいっしゅ) — a famous anthology of 100 poems by 100 poets, also a traditional card game

COUNTING:
(ひゃく) combines regularly with (にん): 百人(ひゃくにん). For larger numbers: 二百人(にひゃくにん), 三百人(さんびゃくにん) (note the sound change to びゃく with (さん) and (ろく)).