In Japanese, "chocolate" is チョコレート (chokorēto). It is a noun pronounced "choh-koh-reh-toh".
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チョコレート is written in katakana. Romanised as chokorēto, it sounds roughly like "choh-koh-reh-toh" to an English ear.
朝ごはんにチョコレートを食べました。
Asagohan ni Chokorēto wo tabemashita.
I had chocolate for breakfast.
Chokorēto (チョコレート) is the Japanese word for chocolate. 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チョコレート is romanised as chokorēto. Say it roughly like "choh-koh-reh-toh" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
チョコレート 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.
チョコレート is written using katakana. Katakana is typically used for words of foreign origin or to give emphasis.
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