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How to say 'Calorie' in Japanese | カロリー

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The Japanese word for Calorie is 'Karorii', written as カロリー in Japanese.

    Meaning

    Calorie

    Reading

    Karorii

    Explanation

    The Japanese suffix 'カロリー (karorii)' refers to 'calorie', a unit of energy. It is commonly used in contexts related to food, nutrition, and diet to indicate the energy content of food items. For example: this cake has 300 calories「このケーキは300カロリーです」(このケーキはさんびゃくカロリーです). I check the calories of everything I eat「私は食べるもののカロリーをチェックします」(わたしはたべるもののカロリーをチェックします). This suffix is often attached to numbers to specify the calorie count, as in '100カロリー (ひゃくカロリー) (100 calories)'.

    Part Of Speech

    suffix

    Frequency

    6210

    Composition

    katakana

    Handwriting

Katakana in the Word カロリー

This word contains 3 Katakana characters :

  • katakana

    Reading

    Ka
  • katakana

    Reading

    Ro
  • katakana

    Reading

    Ri

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'Karorii' means 'Calorie' .

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