How to Say ‘How much is it?’ in Japanese
いくらですか。
ikura desu ka
[ee-koo-rah dess kah]
💬 Usage Tip: [いくら] asks "how much," and [ですか] makes it a polite question. You can reuse it with a topic in front: [これはいくらですか] = "How much is this?"
Phrase Breakdown
いくら
ikura
[ee-koo-rah]
how much
Used to ask the price of something.
これはいくらですか。
How much is this?
です
desu
[dess]
is; am; are
The polite copula used in questions and statements.
合計は千円です。
The total is 1,000 yen.
か
ka
[kah]
question marker
Placed at the end of a sentence to make it a question.
ありますか。
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