十万（じゅうまん、juuman）
- hundred thousand

The Japanese word 十万 （じゅうまん, *juuman*） means "one hundred thousand" or "100,000". It represents a specific numerical value. The word is formed by combining the kanji 十（*juu*）, meaning "ten," and 万（*man*）, a unit of counting meaning "ten thousand". Therefore, 十万 is effectively "ten times ten thousand."

⚫︎ その町の人口は十万人です。 Translation: The population of that town is one hundred thousand people. ⚫︎ あの車は十万円で売られています。 Translation: That car is being sold for one hundred thousand yen. ⚫︎ このコンサートには十万人以上の観客が集まりました。 Translation: More than one hundred thousand spectators gathered at this concert.

十万 is used to express the quantity 100,000 in various contexts such as: ⚫︎ Population figures ⚫︎ Monetary amounts ⚫︎ Counts of objects, people, or events It is a formal and standard way to express this quantity.

⚫︎ The word 十万 is written as 十万 in kanji. ⚫︎ The reading, in hiragana, is じゅうまん. ⚫︎ There are no common variations in spelling or okurigana for this word.

There aren't direct synonyms for 十万 that precisely convey the same numerical value. However, you could rephrase sentences using alternative expressions to convey the same meaning, for example: ⚫︎ 10万 (the numerical representation of 100,000) ⚫︎ Many other numerical phrases can be used instead of 十万 depending on the sentence, but none mean "one hundred thousand" directly.

Since 十万 refers to a specific numerical value, it does not have a direct antonym. You can use any number that is not one hundred thousand as an antonym. For example: ⚫︎ 一 (*ichi*) – one. ⚫︎ 千 (*sen*) – one thousand.

あの会社は、年間十万台の車を生産しています。 ・Translation: That company produces one hundred thousand cars annually. ・Explanation: This sentence uses 十万 to indicate the yearly production volume of cars.

宝くじで十万円当たりました！ ・Translation: I won one hundred thousand yen in the lottery! ・Explanation: This sentence explains that the speaker won one hundred thousand yen.

The etymology is straightforward. ⚫︎ 十 (*juu*) means "ten". ⚫︎ 万 (*man*) is a unit of counting equivalent to "ten thousand". ⚫︎ Combining them results in "ten times ten thousand" or 十万 (one hundred thousand). This system of combining numbers and units to form larger numbers is a fundamental aspect of the Japanese counting system.