Word Meaning 八百

はっぴゃく happyaku

八百 is read as はっぴゃく (happyaku) and means 800.

Meaning

English

800
eight hundred
multitude
large number

Reading

Kana

はっぴゃく

Romaji

happyaku

Writing Variants

800 はっぴゃく happyaku
800 やお yao
8百はっぴゃく happyaku
8百やお yao
八〇〇 はっぴゃく happyaku
八〇〇 やお yao
八百やお yao

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 8 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 109819 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

八百長

やおちょう

match fixing

八百万

やおよろず

myriad

八百屋

やおや

greengrocer

八百八橋

はっぴゃくやばし

the large number of bridges over canals and rivers in Naniwa (present-day Osaka)

八百八寺

はっぴゃくやでら

the large number of temples in Kyoto

八百長試合

やおちょうじあい

fixed match

八百屋防風

やおやぼうふう

Glehnia littoralis (species of umbellifer used in Chinese medicine)

八百万の神

やおよろずのかみ

all the gods and goddesses

八百八町

はっぴゃくやちょう

the whole enormous extent of Edo

嘘八百

うそはっぴゃく

pack of lies

嘘っ八百

うそっぱっぴゃく

full of lies

百八

ひゃくはち

the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions

Example Sentences

あれは嘘八百だ。

That is a pack of lies.

その本は嘘八百だ。

That book is full of lies.

この記事は嘘八百だ。

This article is full of lies.

このゲームは八百長だ。

This game is fixed.

あのレースは八百長だった。

The race was fixed.

私はこの本に八百円を払った。

I paid 800 yen for this book.

果物や野菜は八百屋で買ってるよ。

I buy my fruits and vegetables at the greengrocer's.

私は時々この八百屋で買い物をします。

I sometimes shop at this produce store.

米屋や、八百屋に借金が出来て行った。

I built up some debts at the rice seller and at the greengrocer.

Firefoxは毎日八百万回以上ダウンロードされるといわれている。

They say that Firefox is downloaded more than 8 million times a day.

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