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億万 (おくまん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

億おく万まん

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Meanings

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noun

millions and millions; vast fortune

Refers to an enormous, almost uncountable amount of money or wealth. Often used in the compound 億万長者 (おくまんちょうじゃ, billionaire/multimillionaire).

彼かれは億おく万まんの富とみを築きずいた。
He amassed a vast fortune.
その起き業ぎょう家かは億おく万まん長ちょう者じゃになった。
The entrepreneur became a billionaire.

Kanji

億hundred million, 10**8
万ten thousand, 10,000

Similar words

億おく万まん長ちょう者じゃ
Compound meaning 'billionaire' or 'multimillionaire'; the most common use of 億万.
巨きょ万まん
Also means 'vast fortune', but 巨万 is more literary and less common in modern speech.

Etymology

Compound of 億 (おく, hundred million) and 万 (まん, ten thousand), literally 'hundred millions and ten thousands', implying an immense number.