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How to Say ‘It comes to 486 yen’ in Japanese

486円になります

486 en ni nari masu

[yohn-hyah-koo-hah-chee-joo-ROH-koo en ni nari mahs]

💬 Usage Tip: になります literally means "becomes", but at a till it's just a polite "that's". The number is read (yonhyaku hachijū roku en).

Phrase Breakdown

486円

486 en

486 yen

Read it as yonhyaku hachijuu roku en. 円 (en) means yen.

Example

このパンは486円です。

This bread is 486 yen.

Words in this phrase

486

486

[yohn-hyah-koo-hah-chee-joo-ROH-koo]

486

The number four hundred eighty-six.

Example

486人います。

There are 486 people.

円

en

[en]

yen

The Japanese currency unit.

Example

チケットは八千円です。

The ticket is 8,000 yen.

になります

ni nari masu

that comes to / it will be

Staff use this polite phrase to tell you a total price. Say it as ni-na-ri-ma-su.

Example

千円になります。

That comes to 1,000 yen.

Words in this phrase

に

ni

[ni]

to

Used to indicate direction or point of action.

Example

学校に行きます。

I go to school.

なり

nari

[nari]

become

The stem of なる, used when something changes or comes to an amount.

Example

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.

Example

予約を確認し ます。

I will confirm the reservation.

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