Translation guide
The Japanese term for gigabyte is ギガバイト, often shortened to ギガ in casual contexts. It is used identically to English for measuring digital storage or data.
Express the quantity of one billion bytes, typically for storage capacity or data size.
Standard term for gigabyte, used in technical and formal contexts.
このハードディスクは1テラバイト、つまり1000ギガバイトです。
This hard disk is 1 terabyte, that is, 1000 gigabytes.
Common abbreviation in everyday speech, especially for data plans, storage, and file sizes.
今月はもう10ギガ使っちゃった。
I've already used 10 gigs this month.
Written abbreviation often used in specifications and interfaces, pronounced ジービー.
空き容量は50GBです。
Free space is 50 GB.
When talking about mobile data plans, ギガ is the standard term. You'll often hear phrases like ギガが足りない (I'm running out of data) or ギガを節約する (to conserve data).
ギガがもうない。
I have no data left.
This video is as big as 2 gigs.