Translation guide
Expressing 'a hundred times' in Japanese, from literal counting to figurative emphasis.
To say that something happens or is done exactly one hundred times.
The standard way to say 'one hundred times' using the counter 回 for occurrences.
Please press this button a hundred times.
He did a hundred push-ups.
Uses the counter 度, which can also mean 'times' but often implies 'degrees' or 'occasions'. Less common for simple counting of actions.
I repeated this experiment a hundred times.
Uses the counter 遍, which emphasizes repetition or doing something over and over. Can sound slightly literary or emphatic.
It's a book you never get tired of even after reading it a hundred times.
To emphasize that something has been done or said many times, often with frustration or for dramatic effect.
Means 'many times' or 'over and over'. It is the most natural way to express the figurative sense of 'a hundred times' in everyday Japanese.
As I've told you a hundred times, that's dangerous.
She makes the same mistake over and over again.
Similar to 何度も, but slightly more casual and concrete. Often interchangeable.
I called a hundred times but you didn't answer.
A set phrase meaning 'I know that perfectly well' or 'I'm fully aware'. Literally 'knowing a hundred'. Used when someone is stating the obvious.
I know full well it's dangerous.
To express a multiple or comparison, such as 'a hundred times better' or 'a hundred times as much'.
English speakers often say 'a hundred times' to mean 'many times'. In Japanese, using 百回 literally can sound like you are counting exactly 100. For the figurative sense, use 何度も or 何回も instead.
I've told you a hundred times!
This is a hundred times better.
My efforts paid off a hundredfold.