thousand

  • JLPT N5
  • 3 strokes
  • Grade 1
  • Radical 十
  • #195 most frequent

Counting

Readings

On'yomi 音読み
セン
Kun'yomi 訓読み

Example words & Vocabulary

せん
Thousand
千切るちぎる
(1) to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to tear up (2) to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to tear off (3) to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily; to do ... vigorously
何千なんぜん
several thousand, thousands

Example sentences 3

悪事あくじ せん さとはしる。

Bad news travels quickly.

千住で船を下りて詠む。

They got off the boat at Senju and Basho composed the following haiku.

せん えん してください。

Please lend me 1000 yen.