万まん

also: よろず

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Meanings

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.

この車くるまは200にひゃく万まん円えんです。
This car is 2,000,000 yen.
会かい場じょうには1いち万まん人にん以い上じょうが集あつまった。
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.

夜よ空ぞらには万まんの星ほしが輝かがやいていた。
Myriads of stars were shining in the night sky.

noun, adverb

everything; all

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.

古こ語ごでは「よろず」はあらゆるものを指さした。
In classical Japanese, よろず referred to all things.

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

various; many kinds of

archaic

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.

「よろず相そう談だん所じょ」という古こ風ふうな看かん板ばんを見みかけた。
I saw an old-fashioned sign saying 'consultation office for all matters'.

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Usage patterns

〈数かず〉万まんcombining a number with 万 to express tens of thousands
この車くるまは三さん万まん円えんで買かった。
I bought this car for 30,000 yen.
万まんの〈物もの〉a myriad of ~; countless kinds of ~
万まんの花はなが咲さく庭にわを見みた。
I saw a garden where countless flowers were blooming.

Kanji

万ten thousand, 10,000
萬ten thousand, 10,000

Related words

千せんN5sense 1
千 means 1,000 while 万 means 10,000, the next major unit up in Japanese number counting.
無む数すうN2sense 2
無数 means 'countless' or 'innumerable', while 万 in this sense (myriad) emphasizes a very large but still conceptually countable quantity.
億おくN5sense 1
億 means 100,000,000, a much larger unit than 万 (10,000); 1億 equals 10,000万.

Don't confuse with

百ひゃく万まん
万 means ten thousand (10^4), while 百万 means one million (10^6); learners often misjudge the jump in magnitude between them.
万ばんN1
万 (まん) is the common number word for 'ten thousand', while 万 (ばん) is a rare literary adverb meaning 'not at all' used with negatives; the two are unrelated despite sharing the same kanji.
満まん
万 means the number ten thousand, while 満 means full or completed; the two share the same まん reading but are unrelated in meaning.
億おくN5
万 is 10,000 while 億 is 100,000,000, and learners often misplace the four extra zeros when converting between the two.

Written forms

万Usage100%
- まん
  Standard modern kanji for the numeral and related noun uses.
- よろず
萬Usage<1%
out-dated kanji form
- まん
  Old-form kanji; still seen in legal documents and formal contexts.
- よろず
よろずUsage<1%
Kana spelling for the archaic reading meaning 'everything' or 'various'.

Etymology

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'.