In Japanese, "cherry" is さくらんぼ (sakuranbo). It is a noun.
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さくらんぼ is written in hiragana. Romanised as sakuranbo, it sounds roughly like "sah-koo-rah-n-boh" to an English ear.
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Buy on Steamさくらんぼ is romanised as sakuranbo. Say it roughly like "sah-koo-rah-n-boh" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
さくらんぼ 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.
さくらんぼ is written using hiragana. Hiragana is the basic Japanese syllabary used for native words and grammatical elements.
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