万

Meaning

万 centers on the large, round number ten thousand. It is used for counting in units of 10,000 and can also express a vast, indefinite multitude.

• 万まん
  N5

  10,000; ten thousand

• 万が一まんがいち
  N2

  (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; 10000 to 1

• 万能ばんのう
  N1

  all-purpose; utility; universal

• 万全ばんぜん
  N1

  perfection; flawlessness

• 万博ばんぱく

  world fair; international exposition

• 万里ばんり

  thousands of miles

• 万引きまんびき
  N1

  shoplifting; shoplifter

• 万一まんいち
  N3

  (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); 10000 to 1

• 万歳ばんざい
  N2

  banzai; hurray; hurrah; hooray

• 万事ばんじ
  N1

  all; everything

• 万端ばんたん

  all; everything

• 万年筆まんねんひつ
  N5

  fountain pen

• 万物ばんぶつ

  all things; all creation

• 万華鏡まんげきょう

  kaleidoscope

• 万国ばんこく

  all countries; the whole world; universal; all nations

• 森羅万象しんらばんしょう

  all things in nature; the whole creation

• 万葉集まんようしゅう

  Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry)

• 万札まんさつ

  10,000 yen bill

• 万象ばんしょう

  all creation; all nature; all the universe

• 万葉まんよう

  Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry)

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