how much (price)

Ikura asks the price of something. The usual pattern is [item] wa ikura desu ka. The past form ikura deshita ka asks how much something cost.

Examples

• このシャツはいくらですか。

  Kono shatsu wa ikura desu ka.

  How much is this shirt?

• 切符きっぷはいくらでしたか。

  Kippu wa ikura deshita ka.

  How much was the ticket?

Vocabulary in these examples

• この this (+ noun)
• シャツ shirt
• いくら how much
• 切符 ticket

Related patterns · Question words

• 何（なん / なに） what
• だれ / どなた who
• どこ where
• いつ when
• どう / いかが how; how about
• どうして / なぜ why