No. 428 in Japanese
億
"億" means "hundred million" in English.
In a sentence
彼は宝くじに当たって、1億円を手にしました。
He won the lottery and received 100 million yen.
Here, '億' denotes a numerical value, specifically '100 million'. It is used in the context of expressing a large monetary amount.
世界の人口は80億人を超えています。
The population of the world exceeds 8 billion people.
In this sentence, '億' is used to indicate a large count, illustrating quantities such as population.
この国の年間予算は20億ドルだそうです。
The annual budget of this country is said to be 2 billion dollars.
'億' is employed here to quantify financial figures on a national scale, representing billions in foreign currency.
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