In Japanese, "ball-point pen" is ボールペン (bōrupen). It is a noun pronounced "boh-roo-peh-n".
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ボールペン is written in katakana. Romanised as bōrupen, it sounds roughly like "boh-roo-peh-n" to an English ear.
そのボールペンはとても便利です。
Sono Bōrupen wa totemo benri desu.
That ball-point pen is very useful.
Bōrupen (ボールペン) is the Japanese word for ball-point pen. This noun appears in everyday contexts across homes, offices, schools, and public spaces.
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Buy on Steamボールペン is romanised as bōrupen. Say it roughly like "boh-roo-peh-n" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
ボールペン is a neutral, everyday word that works in both casual and polite speech. The level of formality comes from the sentence structure around it, not from the word itself.
ボールペン is written using katakana. Katakana is typically used for words of foreign origin or to give emphasis.
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