This slideshow explains thousands and bigger in Japanese number system.

1. Japanese Numbers
Thousands and bigger

2. Thousands are quite
different between in
English and Japanese.

3. Thousands in English
There are thousands between 1,000 through 999,000.
1,000 ~ 999,000
1,000
one thousand
10,000
ten thousand
100,000
one hundred thousand

4. Thousands in Japanese
There are thousands between 1 through 9.
One Thousand to Nine Thousand
1,000
*
(ichi)
s e n
(いち) せん
9,000
k y u u
s e n
きゅう せん
*Not “ichi-sen”, just “sen” as one thousand.

5. It means there’s NO ten thousand,
just like there’s NO ten hundred
Hundreds (hyaku)
Thousands (sen)
100
ひゃく
hyaku
1,000
せん
sen
200
に ひゃく
ni hyaku
2,000
に せん
ni sen
300
さん びゃく
san byaku
3,000
さん ぜん
san zen
400
よん ひゃく
yon hyaku
4,000
よん せん
yon sen
500
ご ひゃく
go hyaku
5,000
ご せん
go sen
600
ろっ ぴゃく
rop pyaku
6,000
ろく せん
roku sen
700
なな ひゃく
nana hyaku
7,000
なな せん
nana sen
800
はっ ぴゃく
hap pyaku
8,000
はっ せん
has sen
900
きゅう ひゃく
kyuu hyaku
9,000
きゅう せん
kyuu sen

6. Instead of ten hundred,
there’s one thousand.
Instead of ten thousand,
we have another digit name as
ma n
まん

7. ma n
Digit name as まん
ma n
There are まん between 1 through 999.
10,000 ~ 9,990,000
10,000
100,000
1000,000
i c h i ma n
いち まん
j
u
u
ma n
じゅう まん
h y a k u
ma n
ひゃく まん

8. 10,000
i c h i ma n
いちまん

9. 9,990,000
900
k y u u h y a k u
きゅうひゃく
k y u u
j
u
u
90
きゅうじゅう
9
きゅう
k y u u
ma n
まん

10. 26,829
20,000
6,000
800
20
9
n i ma n
にまん
r o k u s e n
ろくせん
h a p p y a k u
はっぴゃく
n i
j
u
u
にじゅう
k y u u
きゅう
26,829 にまん ろくせん はっぴゃく にじゅう きゅう
n i ma n
r o k u s e n
h a p p y a k u
n i
j
u
u
k y u u

11. 425,829
420,000
5,000
800
20
9
426,829
y o n
j
u
u
n i ma n
よんじゅうにまん
g o s e n
ごせん
h a p p y a k u
はっぴゃく
n i
j
u
u
にじゅう
k y u u
きゅう
y o n
j
u
u
n i ma n
g o s e n
よんじゅうにまん ごせん
h a p p y a k u
n i
j
u
u
k y u u
はっぴゃく にじゅう きゅう

12. 4,425,829
4,420,000
5,000
800
20
9
y o n h y a k u y o n
u
u
n i ma n
よんひゃくよんじゅうにまん
g o s e n
ごせん
h a p p y a k u
はっぴゃく
n i
j
u
u
にじゅう
k y u u
きゅう
y o n h y a k u y o n
4,425,829
j
j
u
u
n i ma n
g o s e n
よんひゃくよんじゅうにまん ごせん
h a p p y a k u
n i
j
u
u
k y u u
はっぴゃく にじゅう きゅう

13. We have another digit name
ma n
o k u
next to まん as おく.
o k u
There are おく between 1 through 999.
100,000,000 ~ 99,900,000,000

14. 100,000,000
i c h i o k u
いちおく

15. 99,900,000,000
900
k y u u h y a k u
きゅうひゃく
k y u u
j
u
u
90
きゅうじゅう
9
きゅう
k y u u
o k u
おく

16. Now I do believe that you can
read the number below;
40,425,829
Good Luck!