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How to say 'Hundreds' in Japanese | 何百

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The Japanese word for Hundreds is 'Nanbyaku', written as 何百 in Japanese.'Hundreds' in hiragana is なんびゃく.

    word

    何百

    Meaning

    Hundreds

    Reading

    なんびゃく

    nanbyaku

    Kanji

    何What 百Hundred

    Explanation

    The Japanese noun '何百 (なんびゃく)' means 'hundreds'. It is used to indicate an unspecified large number in the hundreds. This word is often used in contexts where the exact number is not important, but the general scale is. For example: there are hundreds of stars in the sky「空には何百もの星がある」(そらにはなんびゃくものほしがある). Hundreds of people attended the event「何百人もの人がイベントに参加した」(なんびゃくにんものひとがイベントにさんかした). The word '何百' can also be used in combination with other counters, such as '何百人 (なんびゃくにん)' for 'hundreds of people' or '何百個 (なんびゃっこ)' for 'hundreds of items'.

    Part Of Speech

    noun

    Kanji JLPT

    N5

    Kanji Grade

    2

    Frequency

    5095

    Composition

    kanji

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 何百

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    何

    Meaning

    What

  • kanji

    百

    Meaning

    Hundred

Words Related to 何百 Through the Kanji 何

These 27 Words contain the Kanji 何 as well.

  • word

    何

    Meaning

    What

  • word

    何時

    Meaning

    When

  • word

    何処

    Meaning

    Where

  • word

    何の

    Meaning

    Which

  • word

    何故

    Meaning

    Why

  • word

    何れ

    Meaning

    Which, Eventually

  • word

    何方

    Meaning

    Where, Which

  • word

    何か

    Meaning

    Something

  • word

    何度

    Meaning

    How many times, What degree

  • word

    如何に

    Meaning

    How

  • word

    如何

    Meaning

    What, How

  • word

    如何なる

    Meaning

    Any

  • word

    何事

    Meaning

    Matter, Incident

  • word

    何しろ

    Meaning

    Anyway

  • word

    何とか

    Meaning

    Somehow

  • word

    何より

    Meaning

    Best

  • word

    何と

    Meaning

    What, How

  • word

    何となく

    Meaning

    Somehow

  • word

    何だか

    Meaning

    Somehow

  • word

    何で

    Meaning

    Why

  • word

    何て

    Meaning

    How

  • word

    何千

    Meaning

    Thousands

  • word

    何十

    Meaning

    Dozens

  • word

    何者

    Meaning

    What, Who

  • word

    何時頃

    Meaning

    When

  • word

    何物

    Meaning

    Something

  • word

    何遍

    Meaning

    Times, How many times

Words Related to 何百 Through the Kanji 百

These 14 Words contain the Kanji 百 as well.

  • word

    九百

    Meaning

    Nine hundred

  • word

    百

    Meaning

    Hundred

  • word

    二百

    Meaning

    Two hundred

  • word

    八百

    Meaning

    Eight hundred

  • word

    五百

    Meaning

    Five hundred

  • word

    三百

    Meaning

    Three hundred

  • word

    八百屋

    Meaning

    Greengrocer

  • word

    七百

    Meaning

    Seven hundred

  • word

    六百

    Meaning

    Six hundred

  • word

    四百

    Meaning

    Four hundred

  • word

    百姓

    Meaning

    Farmer

  • word

    数百

    Meaning

    Hundreds

  • word

    百貨店

    Meaning

    Department store

  • word

    百科事典

    Meaning

    Encyclopedia

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