千万(せんまん)

せんまん
number
ten million
number
1. ten million; 10,000,000
The number 10,000,000. Composed of 千(せん) (thousand) + 万(まん) (ten thousand).
年収(ねんしゅう)一千万円(いっせんまんえん)。
An annual income of ten million yen.
宝(たから)くじで三千万円(さんぜんまんえん)当(あ)たった。
I won 30 million yen in the lottery.
東京(とうきょう)の人口(じんこう)は約(やく)一千四百万(いっせんよんひゃくまん)人(にん)だ。
Tokyo's population is about 14 million people.

Japanese counts in groups of 10,000 (万(まん)), so 10 million is expressed as 1,000 × 10,000 = 千万(せんまん), not as a separate "million" unit.

Common collocations

  • 一千万円(いっせんまんえん): ten million yen
  • 千万長者(せんまんちょうじゃ): multi-millionaire
  • 数千万(すうせんまん): tens of millions
  • 千万(せんまん)単位(たんい): in units of ten million

Usage

For an exact figure, the prefix 一(いっ) is normally added: 一千万(いっせんまん) (10,000,000). Without 一(いっ), 千万(せんまん) may also appear in set phrases like 遺憾千万(いかんせんまん) "extremely regrettable," where it means "a great many" rather than the specific number.

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