Yeah I’m sure it’s not as difficult as I’m making it out to be but it never seems to stick. It’s just as simple as 2 numbers: “million = 100 ten thousands” (hyaku-man) and “billion = 10 hundred millions” (juu-oku).
Let’s just say there a lot of frustrations I have with the language even after decades of studying.
Maybe think in numbers if you’re more inclined to think like that? 10 million is 7 zeroes, in base-3 means the you “buy” the 6 zero unit and you got one (10) left; In base-4 you “buy” the 4 zero unit and you get 3 (1000) left.
Yeah I’m sure it’s not as difficult as I’m making it out to be but it never seems to stick. It’s just as simple as 2 numbers: “million = 100 ten thousands” (hyaku-man) and “billion = 10 hundred millions” (juu-oku).
Let’s just say there a lot of frustrations I have with the language even after decades of studying.
Maybe think in numbers if you’re more inclined to think like that? 10 million is 7 zeroes, in base-3 means the you “buy” the 6 zero unit and you got one (10) left; In base-4 you “buy” the 4 zero unit and you get 3 (1000) left.