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.
このボタンを百回押してください。
Please press this button 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.
何度も言ったように、それは危険だ。
As I've told you a hundred times, that's dangerous.
To express a multiple or comparison, such as 'a hundred times better' or 'a hundred times as much'.
Means 'a hundred times' in the sense of multiplication or degree. Used with adjectives or nouns.
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.
何度も言ったでしょ！
I've told you a hundred times!
こっちのほうが百倍いいよ。
This is a hundred times better.
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.
この実験を百度繰り返した。
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.
百遍読んでも飽きない本だ。
It's a book you never get tired of even after reading it a hundred times.
She makes the same mistake over and over again.
Similar to 何度も, but slightly more casual and concrete. Often interchangeable.
何回も電話したけど出なかった。
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.
危険なのは百も承知だ。
I know full well it's dangerous.
これはあれより百倍美味しい。
This is a hundred times tastier than that.
努力が百倍になって返ってきた。
My efforts paid off a hundredfold.
Adding も emphasizes the large extent, like 'a whole hundred times'.
彼の才能は私の百倍もある。
He has a hundred times more talent than I do.