by Tomoyuki Higuchi
How do you say “I lost 2kg.” in Japanese?
Today’s phrase is :
I lost _ kg.
_ キロやせたよ。
_ kiro yasetayo
If you want to speak politely, you can say :
_ キロやせました。
_ kiro yasemashita
When you want to say “I lost _ kg.”, put how much weight you lost just before “キロ kiro”.
“キロ” means “kilograms”.
As a unit of weight, we use kilograms, not pounds.
- 1 kilogram = 2.205 pounds
- 1kg = 1キロ ichikiro OR ikkiro
- 2kg = 2キロ nikiro
- 3kg = 3キロ sankiro
- 4kg = 4キロ yonkiro
- 5kg = 5キロ gokiro
- 10kg = 10キロ jukkiro
For example, if you want to say “I lost 2kg.”, you can say like this :
2キロやせたよ。
nikiro yasetayo
Or politely :
2キロやせました。
nikiro yasemashita
- I lost = わたしはやせました watashiwa yasemashita
We do not usually say “わたしは watashiwa (= I)” in everyday conversation.
_ キロ
_ kg
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