Vocabulary

What does 億 (おく, oku) mean?

億 (おく, oku) means hundred million.

Quick facts
Readingおく
Romajioku
Part of speechnumeric
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N4
おく
N4 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonoku

hundred million

  1. 1numeric hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8

Example sentences

  • Japan's population is over one hundred million.

  • I heard that house costs as much as 100 million yen.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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