千（せん）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: 1,000 (thousand)
Example sentences
- 千円のシャツを買った。 — I bought a shirt for a thousand yen.
- これは千年前の建物だ。 — This building is a thousand years old.
Idioms & proverbs containing “千”
- 千里も一里 (せんりもいちり) — a journey of a thousand miles feels like only one mile (when going to see the one you love)
- 悪事千里を走る (あくじせんりをはしる) — bad news travels quickly
- 悪事千里を行く (あくじせんりをいく) — bad news travels fast
- 春宵一刻値千金 (しゅんしょういっこくあたいせんきん) — a moment of time in a spring evening is worth a thousand pieces of gold
- 牛の歩みも千里 (うしのあゆみもせんり) — slow and steady wins the race; little by little, one goes far; consistency is key
- 鶴は千年亀は万年 (つるはせんねんかめはまんねん) — enjoying a long life is a matter for congratulation; cranes live for 1000 years, turtles live for 10,000 years
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See it used in real works
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