How to Say ‘It is 100 yen.’ in Japanese
ひゃくえんです。
hyaku e n desu
[hyah-KOO eh n dess]
💬 Usage Tip: Put the number straight before えん and add です to make a polite answer. Swap in another amount, as in ごひゃくえんです (gohyaku en desu) "It's 500 yen".
🇯🇵 In Japan: Lots of stores, called "100-yen shops", sell everything at one price, but sales tax is usually added at the register.
Phrase Breakdown
ひゃく
hyaku
[hyah-KOO]
one hundred
The Japanese number 100.
ひゃくにんがきました。
One hundred people came.
え
e
[eh]
e (part of えん)
First kana of えん (yen), used when saying prices.
八百えんです。
It’s 800 yen.
ん
n
[n]
n (part of えん, yen)
The final 'n' sound; together with え it forms えん, the Japanese currency yen.
これはせんえんです。
This is one thousand yen.
です
desu
[dess]
is; polite copula
A polite sentence ending used in formal conversation.
少し伺いたいです。
I would like to ask a little.
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