VocabJLPT N1
total amount (of money)
Noun

Definitions

  1. 1. total amount (of money)
  2. 2. total sum
This noun refers to the grand total or overall sum of an amount, typically money. It is used in business, shopping, and financial contexts when you want to express the complete combined amount of several figures added together.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

If we don't get the total cost down from the start, the whole plan falls apart.

Sentence 2

An unexpected repair sent the total cost skyrocketing.

Sentence 3

What's the total expected to come out to?

Sentence 4

I want to keep the groceries for dinner under two thousand yen all together.

Sentence 5

Ugh, being off by even one yen on the total drives me crazy!