Japanese

せん
Meaning: thousand
Part of Speech: Noun, Number

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Handwriting

千

Example sentences

Please lend me a thousand yen.
一人につき、千円です。
It is 1,000 yen per person.
財布には千円だけしか残っていなかった。
There was only a thousand yen left in my wallet.
その将軍は、数千人の配下を引き連れて戦場に向かった。
The general led thousands of his subordinates to the battlefield.
たかだか数千円のことだから、気にするな。
It's only a few thousand yen, so don't worry about it.
この遊園地の入場料は、大人が二千円で、小人は千円です。
The admission fee for this amusement park is 2,000 yen for adults and 1,000 yen for children.
彼の年収は一千万円を超えている。
His annual income exceeds ten million yen.
この古い洞窟には、数千年前の人々が描いた壁画が残っている。
In this ancient cave, there are murals painted by people thousands of years ago.
この博物館の入場料は、大人が千円で、学生は五百円です。
The entrance fee for this museum is 1,000 yen for adults and 500 yen for students.
この土地には何千年も前から先住民が住んでいた。
Indigenous people have lived on this land for thousands of years.

Usage Notes

Basic number for 1,000. It can also figuratively mean 'a great many' as in '千差万別' (infinite variety).

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