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How to Say ‘How about 15,000 yen?’ in Japanese

一万五千円はどうですか。

ichi man gosen en wa dou desu ka

[eechi MAHN GOH-sen en wah dou dess ka]

Phrase Breakdown

一万五千円は

ichi man gosen en wa

15,000 yen (as for)

The amount being proposed, followed by the topic particle は (wa).

Example

一万五千円は安いです。

15,000 yen is cheap.

Words in this phrase

一

ichi

[eechi]

one

A Japanese character meaning the number one.

Example

一つお願いします。

One, please.

万

man

[MAHN]

ten thousand

Japanese counts large numbers in units of 10,000.

Example

一万人が来ました。

Ten thousand people came.

五千

gosen

[GOH-sen]

five thousand

The number 5,000; often used with prices in yen.

Example

このワインは五千円です。

This wine is 5,000 yen.

円

[en]

yen

The Japanese currency unit.

Example

チケットは八千円です。

The ticket is 8,000 yen.

は

[wah]

topic marker

は marks the topic of the sentence.

Example

空席はありますか。

Are there any seats available?

どうですか。

dou desu ka

how about it?

Used to suggest something politely. Raise your tone slightly at the end.

Example

このシャツはどうですか。

How about this shirt?

Words in this phrase

どう

dou

[dou]

how

Interrogative pro-adverb used to ask about manner or state.

Example

どうしたらいいですか？

What should I do?

です

desu

[dess]

is; polite copula

A polite sentence ending used in formal conversation.

Example

少し伺いたいです。

I would like to ask a little.

か

[ka]

question particle

Used to create a yes/no question in informal speech.

Example

行くか？

Shall we go?

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