In Japanese, "bar staff" is バーテンダー (bātendā). It is a noun pronounced "bah-teh-n-dah".
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バーテンダー is written in katakana. Romanised as bātendā, it sounds roughly like "bah-teh-n-dah" to an English ear.
私の父はバーテンダーです。
Watashi no chichi wa bātendā desu.
My father is a bar staff.
Bātendā (バーテンダー) is the Japanese word for bar staff. Job titles in Japanese use a variety of endings: shi (士) for licensed professionals, sha (者) for workers, while modern roles often use katakana loanwords.
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Buy on Steamバーテンダー is romanised as bātendā. Say it roughly like "bah-teh-n-dah" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
バーテンダー 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.
バーテンダー is written using katakana. Katakana is typically used for words of foreign origin or to give emphasis.
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