(じゅうまん)

じゅうまん
number
one hundred thousand; 100,000
numberquantity
1. one hundred thousand; 100,000
The number 100,000, formed as (じゅう) (ten) × (まん) (10,000). English switches unit here — "hundred thousand" — while Japanese simply counts ten (まん).
十万(じゅうまん)(えん)時計(とけい)
A hundred-thousand-yen watch.
That video was viewed a hundred thousand times.
Because of the typhoon, more than a hundred thousand households lost power.

Because Japanese groups digits in fours and English in threes, this is the point where mental conversion becomes error-prone: 100,000 is 十万(じゅうまん) (ten (まん)), and 1,000,000 is 百万(ひゃくまん) (a hundred (まん)).

Conversion landmarks

Common expressions

  • 十万(じゅうまん)(えん): one hundred thousand yen
  • 十万(じゅうまん)(にん): one hundred thousand people
  • 十万(じゅうまん)(かい): a hundred thousand times