How to Say ‘About 75 kilos.’ in Japanese
75キロぐらいです。
75 kiro gurai desu
[nah-nah-joo-GOH kiro goo-rah-ee dess]
💬 Usage Tip: Put ぐらい right after a number to mean "about". キロ is short for kilograms here, though the same word also means kilometers when talking about distance.
Phrase Breakdown
75キロ
75 kiro
75 kilograms
75 is read 'nanajuu go'. キロ (kiro) means kilograms.
父は75キロです。
My father weighs 75 kilograms.
Words in this phrase
75
75
[nah-nah-joo-GOH]
seventy-five
The number 75, read nanajuu-go.
75ページを見てください。
Please look at page 75.
キロ
kiro
[kiro]
Kilogram or Kilometer
A metric unit of mass or distance.
五キロの道を歩きました。
I walked a five-kilometer path.
ぐらいです。
gurai desu
about / approximately (it is)
ぐらい (gurai) means 'about' and comes after a number. です (desu) makes it polite.
十分ぐらいです。
It's about ten minutes.
Words in this phrase
ぐらい
gurai
[goo-rah-ee]
about; approximately
Makes the amount approximate rather than exact.
いくらぐらいですか、と丁寧に聞きます。
You politely ask, “About how much is it?”
です
desu
[dess]
is; polite copula
A polite sentence ending used in formal conversation.
少し伺いたいです。
I would like to ask a little.
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