Vocabulary

What does 千 (せん, sen) mean?

千 (せん, sen) means thousand; the number 1000.

Quick facts
Readingせん
Romajisen
Part of speechnumeric
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N5
せん
N5 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonsen

thousand; the number 1000

  1. 1numeric thousand; 1,000

Example sentences

  • I count up to a thousand.

  • This bag is a thousand 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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