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億
Hundred Million
JLPT N2
Interesting Fact
Japan uses 億 (100,000,000) instead of 'hundred million' in everyday life. For example, Tokyo's population is often expressed using 億 and 万 rather than millions.
Memory Trick
Imagine stacking so much money that counting millions isn't enough—you need a much bigger unit. That enormous number is 億, meaning one hundred million.
Readings
Onyomi: オク (oku)
Kunyomi:
Example Words
一億
いちおく (ichioku)
One hundred million
数億
すうおく (suuoku)
Several hundred million
億万長者
おくまんちょうじゃ (okumanchouja)
Millionaire
何億
なんおく (nanoku)
How many hundred million
Example Sentence
その 会社 は 一億 円 を 投資しました。
その かいしゃ は いちおく えん を とうししました。
sono kaisha wa ichioku en o toushi shimashita
The company invested one hundred million yen.