Big numbers in Japanese

As the Japanese currency doesn’t have dollars and cents, if you are going shopping you need to be able count well into 5-digit numbers. Watch the following 2 videos to learn how to say big numbers.

Words for places

10	じゅう	十
100	ひゃく/ぴゃく/びゃく	百
1000	せん/ぜん	千
10000	まん	万
100000000	おく	億
1000000000000	ちょう	兆

Kanji Numbers

If you know kanji characters for numbers, you will be able to read numbers easier throughout Asia.

Shopping related phrases

1. xxxを [number + counter] ください。
   Can I have [number] xxx(s), please.
2. いくらですか。
   How much is it?
3. おつりです。
   Here is your change.