Japanese number guide
What do 万円 and 億円 mean?
万円 (man-en) means units of 10,000 yen; 億円 (oku-en) means units of 100 million yen. Multiply by that unit first, then divide the resulting yen amount by 100 if you want to read it in Japanese Dollars (JPD).
万円 (man-en): ten thousand yen
万 (man) means 10,000. 円 (en) means yen. Thus 1万円 is ¥10,000, not ¥1,000. It reads as $100 JPD.
| Japanese price | Yen | JPD reading |
|---|---|---|
| 1万円 (ichiman en) | ¥10,000 | $100 JPD |
| 8万円 (hachiman en) | ¥80,000 | $800 JPD |
| 100万円 (hyakuman en) | ¥1,000,000 | $10,000 JPD |
| 350万円 (sanbyaku gojūman en) | ¥3,500,000 | $35,000 JPD |
億円 (oku-en): a hundred million yen
億 (oku) means 100,000,000. So 1億円 (ichioku en) is ¥100,000,000, or $1,000,000 JPD. A price such as 5千万円 (gosenman en) means fifty million yen: 5,000 × 10,000 yen, or $500,000 JPD. Japanese counting groups large numbers around powers of ten thousand rather than the thousand/million/billion groups familiar to English readers.
When you need an exchange rate
The JPD reading uses the same scale every time, with $1 JPD standing for ¥100. For the price in your own currency, you need a current yen exchange rate. See how to read everyday Japanese prices, or try the yen-price converter.