せん

sen
Common N5 counter

Translations

1. thousand
2. one thousand

Notes

The kanji '千' is commonly used in counting and is part of basic Japanese vocabulary, often encountered in daily life and essential for understanding numbers.

Examples

この町にはせん人が住んでいます。

Kono machi ni wa sen nin ga sundeimasu.

A thousand people live in this town.

彼はせん円を持っています。

Kare wa sen en o motteimasu.

He has a thousand yen.

せん羽の鶴を折りました。

Senba no tsuru o orimashita.

I folded a thousand cranes.