How to say "volume" in Japanese

• 本ほんJLPT N5approx.Common
  nounCovers volume in the sense of a book, especially one instalment of a multi-volume work or series; it means the physical book itself, not an amount or a sound level.
  昨日きのうはその本ほんを８０ページまで読よんだ。↗

  I read the book up to page 80 yesterday.
• 量りょうJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix)This is volume as an amount or quantity of something — how much of it there is — rather than a book or a sound level.
  彼女かのじょはかなりの量りょうの酒さけを飲のんだ。↗

  She has had quite a lot to drink.
• ボリュームCommon
  nounThe katakana loanword for loudness — the volume of music, a video or a call; the natural choice when turning the sound up or down on a device.
  ラジオが大おおきすぎるからもっとボリュームを下さげなさい。↗

  The radio is too loud. Turn the volume down.
• 容量ようりょうCommon
  nounVolume as capacity — how much a container or storage device can hold, as with a hard drive or a tank; the amount something is able to contain.
  タンクの容量ようりょうは５０ガロンだ。↗

  The tank has a capacity of fifty-gallons.
• 音量おんりょうCommon
  nounThe loudness sense again, but as the Sino-Japanese term: the label you see in device settings and technical descriptions, alongside the more conversational loanword ボリューム.
  お隣となりの音楽おんがくはとてもうるさい。音量おんりょうを落おとしてくれたらなあ。↗

  The music next door is very loud. I wish they would turn it down.

Choose 本 for a volume as a book, 量 for volume as quantity or amount, 容量 for capacity, and for loudness pick between the loanword 「ボリューム」 and the more formal 音量.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 本ほんbook
• 量りょうquantity
• ボリュームvolume (sound level)
• 容量ようりょうcapacity
• 音量おんりょうvolume (sound)
• 数量すうりょうquantity
• 書物しょもつbook
• 体積たいせきcapacity
• 容積ようせきcapacity
• 嵩かさbulk
• 高たかquantity
• 大きさおおきさsize
• 出来高できだかyield
• 巻かんvolume (of book)
• ベリュームvolume
• 声量せいりょう(vocal) volume
• 量感りょうかん(feeling of) massiveness
• 編へんvolume (of a text)
• 巻まきvolume (of book)
• 積せきvolume
• 品ほんchapter