How to Say ‘The fare is 2,340 yen.’ in Japanese
料金は二千三百四十円になります。
ryoukin wa nisen sanbyaku yonjuu en ni nari masu
[ryoh-keen wah nee-sen sahn-byah-koo YOHN-joo en Ni nari mahs]
🇯🇵 In Japan: Using になります for a price is standard service speech. Some people consider it awkward, but you'll hear it everywhere.
Phrase Breakdown
料金は
ryoukin wa
The fare / The charge is
'Ryoukin' means fee or fare. The particle 'wa' (written は) marks the topic. The 'ryo' sound blends r and y together.
料金はいくらですか。
How much is the fee?
Words in this phrase
料金
ryoukin
[ryoh-keen]
fare; fee
The charge or fare, especially for a taxi ride.
料金はいくらですか。
How much is the fare?
は
wa
[wah]
topic marker
は marks the topic of the sentence.
空席はありますか。
Are there any seats available?
二千三百四十円
nisen sanbyaku yonjuu en
2,340 yen
Read it ni-sen san-byaku yon-juu en. 300 is 'sanbyaku', and 40 is 'yonjuu'.
チケットは二千三百四十円です。
The ticket is 2,340 yen.
Words in this phrase
二千
nisen
[nee-sen]
two thousand
The number 2,000, often used for prices.
二千円ぐらいかかります。
It costs about 2,000 yen.
三百
sanbyaku
[sahn-byah-koo]
three hundred
The number 300. In Japanese this is read irregularly as さんびゃく.
三百円から三百五十円になりました。
It changed from 300 yen to 350 yen.
四十
yonjuu
[YOHN-joo]
forty
The number 40.
四十人います。
There are forty people.
円
en
[en]
yen
The Japanese currency unit.
チケットは八千円です。
The ticket is 8,000 yen.
になります。
ni nari masu
comes to / will be
A polite way to state a total amount, common at taxis and shops.
お会計は千円になります。
Your bill comes to 1,000 yen.
Words in this phrase
に
ni
[Ni]
to
Indicates direction or destination.
駅に行きます。
I am going to the station.
なり
nari
[nari]
become
The stem of なる, used when something changes or comes to an amount.
合計が二万円となります。
The total comes to 20,000 yen.
ます
masu
[mahs]
polite verb ending
A standard polite ending added to verbs, often used in customer service and formal speech.
予約を確認し ます。
I will confirm the reservation.
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