In Japanese, "bright" is 明るい (Akarui). It is a adjective pronounced "ah-kah-roo-ee".
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明るい is written in kanji and hiragana. Romanised as Akarui, it sounds roughly like "ah-kah-roo-ee" to an English ear.
この部屋はとても明るいです。
Kono heya wa totemo akarui desu.
This room is very bright.
Akarui (明るい) is an i-adjective meaning bright or cheerful. It describes rooms with good lighting as well as people with a cheerful personality. Its opposite is kurai (dark).
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Buy on Steam明るい is romanised as Akarui. Say it roughly like "ah-kah-roo-ee" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
明るい is an i-adjective. The form shown is the plain form, which works in casual speech. To make it polite, add desu at the end of the sentence. The word itself does not change.
明るい is written using kanji and hiragana. Kanji characters carry the core meaning; any hiragana or katakana that follow show grammatical endings.
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