also: よろず
numeric
10,000; ten thousand
The numeral 10,000. Used in counting, prices, and large numbers. The old-form kanji 萬 is sometimes used in legal documents.
この車は200万円です。
This car is 2,000,000 yen.
会場には1万人以上が集まった。
More than 10,000 people gathered at the venue.
noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
myriad; a great many
Used as a noun or with の to mean a very large number or variety, often in literary or emphatic contexts.
夜空には万の星が輝いていた。
Myriads of stars were shining in the night sky.
noun, adverb
Only with reading よろず
Archaic reading よろず. Used as a noun or adverb meaning 'all things' or 'everything'. Not used in modern everyday speech.
古語では「よろず」はあらゆるものを指した。
In classical Japanese, よろず referred to all things.
noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
various; many kinds of
Only with reading よろず
Archaic reading よろず. Used with の to mean 'various' or 'all sorts of'. Found in old texts and set phrases.
「よろず相談所」という古風な看板を見かけた。
I saw an old-fashioned sign saying 'consultation office for all matters'.
Old-form kanji; still seen in legal documents and formal contexts.
Kana spelling for the archaic reading meaning 'everything' or 'various'.
The kanji 万 is a simplification of 萬, which originally depicted a scorpion and was borrowed phonetically for the number 10,000. The reading まん comes from Middle Chinese. The native Japanese reading よろず is ancient and originally meant 'a great number' or 'all'.