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グラム (guramu) Japanese meaning: gram | Kotomora

グラム

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Meanings

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gram

usually written using kana alone

Standard metric unit of mass. In Japanese, it is almost always written in katakana.

このリンゴは200グラムあります。
This apple weighs 200 grams.

砂さ糖とうを100グラム入いれてください。

Please add 100 grams of sugar.

Usage patterns

〈数すう〉グラムX grams
このステーキは300グラムあります。
This steak is 300 grams.
100ひゃくグラムあたり〈数すう〉円えんX yen per 100 grams
この牛ぎゅう肉にくは100グラムあたり500円えんです。
This beef costs 500 yen per 100 grams.
〈数すう〉グラム増ふえる／減へるto increase/decrease by X grams
赤あかちゃんの体たい重じゅうが先せん週しゅうより200グラム増ふえた。
The baby's weight increased by 200 grams from last week.

Kanji

瓦tile, gram

Related words

オンス
オンス is an imperial unit of weight used mainly in English-speaking recipes and labels, while グラム is the standard metric unit (1 オンス ≈ 28.35 グラム).

Don't confuse with

キログラムN5
グラム is one gram while キログラム is 1000 grams, so learners must watch the prefix carefully when reading or writing weights.
ミリグラム
グラム is a full gram while ミリグラム is only one-thousandth of a gram, so the two are easy to mix up despite the huge difference in scale.
ｋｇ
グラム (gram) is 1000 times smaller than ｋｇ (kilogram), so グラム is used for light objects like food ingredients while ｋｇ measures everyday body or luggage weight.

Written forms

グラムUsage100%
Standard katakana spelling for the unit of mass; usually written in kana.
瓦ぐらむ
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; learners will almost always encounter the katakana spelling.

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'gram' or French 'gramme', ultimately from Late Latin 'gramma' (a small weight).