How to Say ‘It's 37.5 degrees.’ in Japanese
三十七度五分です。
sanjuu nana do go pun desu
[sahn-JOO NAH-nah DOH goh BOO dess]
💬 Usage Tip: Temperatures are read with 度 for the whole number and 分 for the tenth, so 37.5 is (sanjūnana-do go-bu). Here 分 is said (bu), not (fun) as it is for minutes.
🇯🇵 In Japan: Japan uses Celsius, and around 37.5 is commonly treated as the line for a real fever. Clinics usually hand you a thermometer to check yourself while you wait.
Phrase Breakdown
三十七度
sanjuu nana do
thirty-seven degrees
三十七 (sanjuunana) means 37 and 度 (do) means 'degrees'. Hold the long 'juu'.
今日は三十度です。
It's thirty degrees today.
Words in this phrase
三十
sanjuu
[sahn-JOO]
thirty
The number 30, literally three tens.
三十円のおつりです。
Here is 30 yen change.
七
nana
[NAH-nah]
seven
The number 7.
七時に会いましょう。
Let's meet at seven.
度
do
[DOH]
degree(s)
Counter for temperature degrees.
きょうは二十度です。
It is twenty degrees today.
五分です。
go pun desu
point five (tenths of a degree)
When talking about body temperature, 分 (bu) means a tenth of a degree, so 五分 (gobu) means '.5'. It is read 'gobu' here, not 'gofun'.
熱は三十八度五分です。
My fever is 38.5 degrees.
Words in this phrase
五
go
[goh]
five
The number 5; combines with 時 to make five o'clock.
五人で話しました。
Five people talked.
分
pun
[BOO]
tenth of a degree
Used in body temperature for the decimal part; 五分 means .5.
三十八度二分です。
It's 38.2 degrees.
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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