How do you say "basket" in Japanese?

In Japanese, "basket" is かご (kago). It is a noun.

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Pronunciation

かご is written in hiragana. Romanised as kago, it sounds roughly like "kah-goh" to an English ear.

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Questions about かご

How do you pronounce かご?

かご is romanised as kago. Say it roughly like "kah-goh" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.

Is かご formal or casual?

かご 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.

How is かご written in Japanese?

かご is written using hiragana. Hiragana is the basic Japanese syllabary used for native words and grammatical elements.

This word is part of the vocabulary taught in the Japanese language learning game Noun Town, where words are introduced through play rather than memorisation.