In Japanese, "cake" is ケーキ (kēki). It is a noun pronounced "keh-kee".
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ケーキ is written in katakana. Romanised as kēki, it sounds roughly like "keh-kee" to an English ear.
ケーキを一つください。
Kēki wo hitotsu kudasai.
One cake, please.
Kēki (ケーキ) is the Japanese word for cake. 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ケーキ is romanised as kēki. Say it roughly like "keh-kee" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
ケーキ 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.
ケーキ is written using katakana. Katakana is typically used for words of foreign origin or to give emphasis.
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