In Japanese, "drawer" is 引出し (hikidashi). It is a noun.
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引出し is written in kanji and hiragana. Romanised as hikidashi, it sounds roughly like "hee-kee-dah-shee" to an English ear.
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Buy on Steam引出し is romanised as hikidashi. Say it roughly like "hee-kee-dah-shee" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
引出し 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.
引出し is written using kanji and hiragana. Kanji characters carry the core meaning; any hiragana or katakana that follow show grammatical endings.
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