In Japanese, "blinds" is ブラインド (buraindo). It is a noun.
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ブラインド is written in katakana. Romanised as buraindo, it sounds roughly like "boo-rah-ee-n-doh" to an English ear.
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Buy on Steamブラインド is romanised as buraindo. Say it roughly like "boo-rah-ee-n-doh" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
ブラインド 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.
ブラインド is written using katakana. Katakana is typically used for words of foreign origin or to give emphasis.
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