JLPT N5 · Noun / adverb

いくら (ikura)

いくら is a Japanese noun / adverb meaning “how much”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
いくら
Romaji
ikura
Word class
Noun / adverb
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. how much · noun, adverb · usually written in kana
  2. something over; and something; -odd · suffix noun · usually written in kana · after a rounded number, esp. a sum of money
  3. however (much); no matter how · adverb · usually written in kana · as いくら...〜ても, いくら...〜でも, etc.

Example sentences

入場料はいくらですか。
How much is the entrance fee?
所持金はいくらありますか。
How much money do you have with you?
このハンカチはいくらですか。
How much is this handkerchief?

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Source: JMdict entry 1219980 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.