In Japanese, "croissant" is クロワッサン (kurowassan). It is a noun pronounced "koo-roh-wah-ssah-n".
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クロワッサン is written in katakana. Romanised as kurowassan, it sounds roughly like "koo-roh-wah-ssah-n" to an English ear.
冷蔵庫にクロワッサンが入っています。
Reizoko ni Kurowassan ga haitte imasu.
There is croissant in the fridge.
Kurowassan (クロワッサン) is the Japanese word for croissant. 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クロワッサン is romanised as kurowassan. Say it roughly like "koo-roh-wah-ssah-n" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
クロワッサン 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.
クロワッサン is written using katakana. Katakana is typically used for words of foreign origin or to give emphasis.
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