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ⓘperson (人) · idea · sound · vase · stand up (立) · sun (日) · day (日) · heart (心)
From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1058
Compound words
100,000,000; one hundred million1,000,000,000; billionseveral hundred million years10,000,000,000; ten billion100,000,000troublesomethe people100,000,000,000apartment worth 100 million yen or morebillionaireeternitynational confession of Japanese war guilt (1945) Additional Examples
It is said that he is a billionaire.tatoeba 彼はいくつかのホテルを持っている。一言で言えば彼は億万長者である。 He owns several hotels. In a word, he is a multimillionaire.tatoebaHis property was estimated at one hundred million dollars.tatoeba 彼が億万長者であるという事実がなかったならば、彼女は彼と結婚しないだろう。 Were it not for the fact that he is a billionaire, she would never marry him.tatoebaStroke Order
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