In Japanese, "candle" is 蝋燭 (rōsoku). It is a noun pronounced "roh-soh-koo".
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蝋燭 is written in kanji. Romanised as rōsoku, it sounds roughly like "roh-soh-koo" to an English ear.
その蝋燭はとても便利です。
Sono Rōsoku wa totemo benri desu.
That candle is very useful.
Rōsoku (蝋燭) is the Japanese word for candle. This noun appears in everyday contexts across homes, offices, schools, and public spaces.
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Buy on Steam蝋燭 is romanised as rōsoku. Say it roughly like "roh-soh-koo" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
蝋燭 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.
蝋燭 is written using kanji. Kanji characters carry the core meaning; any hiragana or katakana that follow show grammatical endings.
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