How to say 'Thousands' in Japanese | 何千

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The Japanese word for Thousands is 'Nanzen', written as 何千 in Japanese.'Thousands' in hiragana is なんぜん.

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何千

Meaning

Thousands

Reading

なんぜん

nanzen

Kanji

何What 千Thousand

Explanation

The Japanese noun '何千 (なんぜん)' means 'thousands'. It is used to refer to an unspecified large number of things, typically in the thousands. This word is often used in contexts where the exact number is unknown or unimportant, emphasizing the magnitude or quantity. For example: thousands of people gathered「何千もの人が集まった」(なんぜんものひとがあつまった). There are thousands of stars in the sky「空には何千もの星がある」(そらにはなんぜんものほしがある). The word can also be used metaphorically to express a large, indefinite quantity, such as 'thousands of thoughts' or 'thousands of possibilities'.

Part Of Speech

noun

Kanji JLPT

Kanji Grade

Frequency

5094

Composition

kanji

Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 何千

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

kanji

何

Meaning

What

kanji

千

Meaning

Thousand

Words Related to 何千 Through the Kanji 何

These 27 Words contain the Kanji 何 as well.

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何

Meaning

What

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何時

Meaning

When

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何処

Meaning

Where

word

何の

Meaning

Which

word

何故

Meaning

Why

word

何れ

Meaning

Which, Eventually

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何方

Meaning

Where, Which

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何か

Meaning

Something

word

何度

Meaning

How many times, What degree

word

如何に

Meaning

How

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如何

Meaning

What, How

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如何なる

Meaning

Any

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何事

Meaning

Matter, Incident

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何しろ

Meaning

Anyway

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何とか

Meaning

Somehow

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何より

Meaning

Best

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何と

Meaning

What, How

word

何となく

Meaning

Somehow

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何だか

Meaning

Somehow

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何で

Meaning

Why

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何て

Meaning

How

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何百

Meaning

Hundreds

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何十

Meaning

Dozens

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何者

Meaning

What, Who

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何時頃

Meaning

When

word

何物

Meaning

Something

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何遍

Meaning

Times, How many times

Words Related to 何千 Through the Kanji 千

These 9 Words contain the Kanji 千 as well.

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千

Meaning

Thousand

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二千

Meaning

Two thousand

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三千

Meaning

3000

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五千

Meaning

Five thousand

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四千

Meaning

Four thousand

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六千

Meaning

Six thousand

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八千

Meaning

Eight thousand

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七千

Meaning

Seven thousand

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九千

Meaning

Nine thousand

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