In Japanese, "dam" is ダム (damu). It is a noun pronounced "dah-moo".
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ダム is written in katakana. Romanised as damu, it sounds roughly like "dah-moo" to an English ear.
ダムの横に立ちました。
Damu no yoko ni tachimashita.
I stood next to the dam.
Damu (ダム) means dam in Japanese. This noun describes a feature or object found in indoor or outdoor environments.
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Buy on Steamダム is romanised as damu. Say it roughly like "dah-moo" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
ダム 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.
ダム is written using katakana. Katakana is typically used for words of foreign origin or to give emphasis.
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