1The number 1,000 (thousand); used for counting large quantities, as in 千円 (1,000 yen) or 千人 (1,000 people). The variant characters 阡 and 仟 sometimes appear in legal documents.
この財布は千円でした。
This wallet was 1,000 yen.
マラソン大会には千人以上が参加した。
Over a thousand people took part in the marathon.
その寺は千年も前に建てられたそうだ。
That temple is said to have been built a thousand years ago.