How to Say ‘About 700 yen.’ in Japanese
七百円ぐらいです。
nanahyaku en gurai desu
[nah-nah-hyah-KOO en goo-rah-ee dess]
💬 Usage Tip: 七百 is said (nana-hyaku), and 円 is (en), not (yen). Put ぐらい after any amount to mean "about."
Phrase Breakdown
七百円
nanahyaku en
700 yen
七百 is read 'nana-hyaku', and 円 is read 'en'. Say it 'na-na-hya-ku-en'.
七百円です。
It's 700 yen.
Words in this phrase
七百
nanahyaku
[nah-nah-hyah-KOO]
seven hundred
The number 700, read nanahyaku.
七百円です。
It's 700 yen.
円
en
[en]
yen
The Japanese currency unit.
チケットは八千円です。
The ticket is 8,000 yen.
ぐらいです。
gurai desu
about / approximately
ぐらい (gurai) means 'about' and comes after a number. です makes the sentence polite.
十分ぐらいです。
It's about ten minutes.
Words in this phrase
ぐらい
gurai
[goo-rah-ee]
about; approximately
Makes the amount approximate rather than exact.
いくらぐらいですか、と丁寧に聞きます。
You politely ask, “About how much is it?”
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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