How to Say ‘For about how many days?’ in Japanese
何日ぐらいですか。
nan nichi gurai desu ka
[nan nee-chee goo-rah-ee dess kah]
💬 Usage Tip: Put ぐらい after an amount to mean "about": 一時間ぐらい "about an hour". It softens the question, so the other person doesn't need an exact number.
Phrase Breakdown
何日ぐらい
nan nichi gurai
about how many days
何日 (nannichi) means 'how many days' and ぐらい (gurai) means 'about'. Hold the double 'n' in nan-nichi.
何日ぐらいかかりますか。
About how many days does it take?
Words in this phrase
何
nan
[nan]
how many
何 asks how many when used with a counter like 枚.
何枚必要ですか。
How many do you need?
日
nichi
[nee-chee]
days (counter)
Counter for a number of days; here used to ask how many days.
何日休みますか。
How many days will you take off?
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?”
ですか。
desu ka
is it?
The polite question ending. Pronounce it 'des-ka' with a soft 'u'.
学生ですか。
Are you a student?
Words in this phrase
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.
か
ka
[kah]
question marker
Placed at the end of a sentence to make it a question.
A席はありますか。
Are there A seats available?
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