In Japanese, "chef" is シェフ (shefu). It is a noun pronounced "sheh-foo".
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シェフ is written in katakana. Romanised as shefu, it sounds roughly like "sheh-foo" to an English ear.
あのシェフはとても親切です。
Ano shefu wa totemo shinsetsu desu.
That chef is very kind.
Shefu (シェフ) is the Japanese word for chef. Job titles in Japanese use a variety of endings: shi (士) for licensed professionals, sha (者) for workers, while modern roles often use katakana loanwords.
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Buy on Steamシェフ is romanised as shefu. Say it roughly like "sheh-foo" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
シェフ 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.
シェフ is written using katakana. Katakana is typically used for words of foreign origin or to give emphasis.
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