How to say “length” in Japanese | 長さ (ながさ、nagasa)

28.12.2022

The Japanese vocabulary「長さ (ながさ、nagasa)」means “length.” Please learn the pronunciation and the example sentences.

Japanese Vocabulary and the Meaning

Key Word長さ
Hiraganaながさ
Romaji Readingnagasa
English Meaninglength

The Correct Japanese Pronunciations

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The Example Japanese Sentences

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I’ll measure the length of my palm.

Plain Form:

手てのひらの長ながさを測はかる。
Tenohira no nagasa o hakaru.

Polite Form:

手のひらの長さを測ります。
Tenohira no nagasa o hakarimasu.

The extension cord is short.

Plain Form:

延長えんちょうコードの長ながさが短みじかい。
Enchō kōdo no nagasa ga mijikai.

Polite Form:

延長コードの長さが短いです。
Enchō kōdo no nagasa ga mijikaidesu.

The length of this river is approximately 10km.

Plain Form:

この川かわの長ながさは、およそ10kmだ。
Kono kawa no nagasa wa, oyoso jukkiro-mētoru da.

Polite Form:

この川の長さは、およそ10kmです。
Kono kawa no nagasa wa, oyoso jukkiro-mētoru desu.

This rope is 10m long.

Plain Form:

このロープの長ながさは10ｍある。
Kono rōpu no nagasa wa jū-mētoru aru.

Polite Form:

このロープの長さは10ｍあります。
Kono rōpu no nagasa wa jū-mētoru arimasu.

I measured the length of the garden fence.

Plain Form:

庭にわのフェンスの長ながさを測定そくていした。
Niwa no fensu no nagasa o sokutei shita.

Polite Form:

庭のフェンスの長さを測定しました。
Niwa no fensu no nagasa o sokutei shimashita.

I adjusted the length of the string and re-tied my shoelaces.

Plain Form:

紐ひもの長ながさを調整ちょうせつして靴くつひもを結むすび直なおした。
Himo no nagasa o chōsei shite kutsu himo o musubi naoshita.

Polite Form:

紐の長さを調整して靴ひもを結び直しました。
Himo no nagasa o chōsei shite kutsu himo o musubi naoshimashita.

I carefully checked the length of the building’s exterior walls on the blueprint.

Plain Form:

建物たてものの外壁がいへきの長ながさを図面ずめんでしっかり確認かくにんした。
Tatemono no gaiheki no nagasa o zumen de shikkari kakunin shita.

Polite Form:

建物の外壁の長さを図面でしっかり確認しました。
Tatemono no gaiheki no nagasa o zumen de shikkari kakunin shimashita.

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