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How to say 'Total' in Japanese | 総数

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The Japanese word for Total is 'Sousuu', written as 総数 in Japanese.'Total' in hiragana is そうすう.

    word

    総数

    Meaning

    Total

    Reading

    そうすう

    sousuu

    Kanji

    総General, Total 数Number

    Explanation

    The Japanese noun '総数 (そうすう)' means 'total' or 'total number'. It is used to refer to the sum or aggregate of a set of items, people, or things. This word is often used in formal or statistical contexts. For example: the total number of participants is 100「参加者の総数は100です」(さんかしゃのそうすうはひゃくです). The total population of the city is 500,000「その都市の総人口は50万です」(そのとしのそうじんこうはごじゅうまんです). Note that '総数' is typically used for countable quantities and emphasizes the overall sum.

    Part Of Speech

    noun

    Kanji JLPT

    N2

    Kanji Grade

    5

    Frequency

    6655

    Composition

    kanji

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 総数

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    総

    Meaning

    General, Total

  • kanji

    数

    Meaning

    Number

Words Related to 総数 Through the Kanji 総

These 8 Words contain the Kanji 総 as well.

  • word

    総

    Meaning

    Total

  • word

    総会

    Meaning

    Meeting

  • word

    総理

    Meaning

    Premier

  • word

    総務

    Meaning

    General affairs

  • word

    総額

    Meaning

    Total

  • word

    総合

    Meaning

    Integration

  • word

    総裁

    Meaning

    President

  • word

    総理大臣

    Meaning

    Prime Minister

Words Related to 総数 Through the Kanji 数

These 24 Words contain the Kanji 数 as well.

  • word

    数

    Meaning

    Number, Amount

  • word

    多数

    Meaning

    Many, Majority

  • word

    数字

    Meaning

    Number

  • word

    複数

    Meaning

    Plural

  • word

    数える

    Meaning

    Count

  • word

    回数券

    Meaning

    Ticket book

  • word

    数学

    Meaning

    Mathematics

  • word

    手数

    Meaning

    Effort

  • word

    人数

    Meaning

    Number

  • word

    奇数

    Meaning

    Odd number

  • word

    少数

    Meaning

    Minority

  • word

    数値

    Meaning

    Number

  • word

    数十

    Meaning

    Dozens

  • word

    偶数

    Meaning

    Even

  • word

    回数

    Meaning

    Number, Times

  • word

    日数

    Meaning

    Days

  • word

    点数

    Meaning

    Score

  • word

    単数

    Meaning

    Singular

  • word

    枚数

    Meaning

    Number

  • word

    無数

    Meaning

    Countless

  • word

    数百

    Meaning

    Hundreds

  • word

    関数

    Meaning

    Function

  • word

    変数

    Meaning

    Variable

  • word

    半数

    Meaning

    Half

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What does 'Sousuu' (総数) mean?

'Sousuu' means 'Total' .

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