How to Say “I walk _ km a day.” in Japanese

How do you say “I walk 5 km a day.” in Japanese?

Today’s phrase is :

I walk _ km a day.

毎日 _ キロ歩いてるよ。

 mainichi _ kiro aruiteruyo

If you want to speak politely, you can say :

毎日 _ キロ歩いてます。

 mainichi _ kiro aruitemasu

As a unit of distance, we use kilometers, not miles.

  • 1 kilometer = 0.6214 miles

When you want to say “I walk _ km a day.”, put the distance you walk just before “キロ kiro”.

“キロ” means “kilometers”.

  • 1km = 1キロ ichikiro OR ikkiro
  • 2km = 2キロ nikiro
  • 3km = 3キロ sankiro
  • 4km = 4キロ yonkiro
  • 5km = 5キロ gokiro
  • 10km = 10キロ jukkiro

For example, if you want to say “I walk 5 km a day.”, you can say like this :

毎日5キロ歩いてるよ。

 mainichi gokiro aruiteruyo

Or politely :

毎日5キロ歩いてます。

 mainichi gokiro aruitemasu

  • I walk = わたしは歩いてます watashiwa aruitemasu
  • a day = 毎日 mainichi

We do not usually say “わたしは watashiwa (= I)” in everyday conversation.


毎日
a day

_ キロ
_ km

わたしは 歩いてます
I walk