Meaning

Primary

Ten Million

Word Type

noun

Explanation

You already know that 一千 is "one thousand," and that is "ten thousand." Add all those zeros together (or multiply 1,000 with 10,000) and you end up with ten million.

You learned that is the more common and default way to say 1,000 and 一千 is sometimes used for emphasis or clarity. Well, to say ten million, you almost always say it as 一千万. I mean, who wouldn't want to emphasize ten million! It's ten million, you know?

Reading

いっせんまん
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

You already learned how to read both 一千 and , so just put those two readings together and you're good to go!

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • 一千万をためる

    to save ten million

    一千万をもらう

    to receive ten million

Context Sentences

一千万ドルがほしいなぁ。

I wish I had ten million dollars.

ロトで一千万円ゲットしたんだ!

I won ten million yen in the lottery!

コンサートには一千万人の人がきました。

Ten million people came to the concert.

Kanji Composition