In Japanese, "butter" is バター (batā). It is a noun pronounced "bah-tah".
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バター is written in katakana. Romanised as batā, it sounds roughly like "bah-tah" to an English ear.
バターを一つください。
Batā wo hitotsu kudasai.
One butter, please.
Batā (バター) is the Japanese word for butter. Food vocabulary is among the most practical for daily life in Japan and is used constantly in markets, restaurants, and home cooking.
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Buy on Steamバター is romanised as batā. Say it roughly like "bah-tah" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
バター 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.
バター is written using katakana. Katakana is typically used for words of foreign origin or to give emphasis.
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